Robbert Klarenbeek
Founding Engineer at Stacks
Barendrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRobbert Klarenbeek is a founding engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building product-led engineering teams and shipping full-stack solutions across fintech and consumer platforms. Currently at Stacks, he helps scale an AI-driven financial close platform used by mid-to-large enterprises, after leading engineering at bunq and delivering product work at Origin. He combines early-stage founder experience (Week Calendar, Solvix) with leadership roles at established tech firms, giving him a pragmatic blend of architecture, product focus, and operational rigor. His open-source work includes cross-platform macOS–iOS integrations—improving Touch Bar USB connectivity and virtual keyboard UX—highlighting a knack for low-level systems and polished front-end interactions. Based in the Netherlands and educated at Delft University of Technology, Robbert brings entrepreneurial grit and a track record of turning tricky integration and UX problems into shipping features.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Advanced English, Certificate in Advanced English at University of CambridgeLPIC-1, LPIC-1 at Linux Professional InstituteGymnasium, Nature and Technology / Nature and Health, Gymnasium, Nature and Technology / Nature and Health at Esdal CollegeBSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Delft University of Technology
English, Dutch, German
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Github Skills (16)
objective-c10
macos10
usb10
swift9
ios9
user-interface8
ux-design8
interface-design8
ui-design8
user-experience8
xcode6
pdf6
stream6
javascript6
koa6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
bikkelbroeders/TouchBarDemoApp
Nov 2016 - Dec 2016
Allows you to use your macOS Touch Bar from an iPad (through USB connection) or on-screen by pressing the Fn-key.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 39 commits, 5 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Robbert primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and user experience of the macOS Touch Bar integration application. They addressed versioning errors and refactored USB connectivity, indicating work on the underlying communication protocols. Further contributions involved improving the on-screen window, adding a virtual keyboard to the iOS app, and refining modifier key handling, indicating a focus on UI/UX and cross-platform integration.
ipadmacostouchbarusb
robbertkl/bunq-http
Aug 2019 - Dec 2023
Low-level bunq HTTP client
Contributions:21 PRs, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
http-clientbunqbunq-api
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