Rolf Suurd
Freelance Software Engineer at Intergamma
Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRolf Suurd is a seasoned freelance software engineer based in Assen, Netherlands, with 11 years of experience designing and delivering JVM-based systems using Java, Groovy, Scala and Kotlin. He combines hands-on implementation (Gradle/Maven, Spring) with strong consulting and coaching skills, having driven CI/CD and DevOps transformations for medium-sized businesses and large clients like Just Eat Takeaway.com, ING and wehkamp. As a former lead principal architect at FourScouts, he excels at turning legacy stacks into modern, maintainable architectures—evidenced by replacing an Oracle/PHP system with a new Scala application. Comfortable in both product delivery and technical leadership roles, he frequently bridges team coaching and pragmatic architecture to speed up software delivery. Trained at Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Rolf brings a practical, systems-focused mindset and a knack for simplifying complex domains into reliable, testable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, IT, Bachelor, IT at Hanzehogeschool Groningen / Hanze University of Applied Sciences GroningenRijksuniversiteit Groningen / University of Groningen
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
java7
security7
spring7
xml6
groovy6
cqrs6
ddd5
message-driven5
event-sourcing5
semantic-html5
spring-security5
css5
fullcalendar4
vue4
domain-driven-design4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fourscouts/blog
May 2018 - Nov 2020
Code to accompany FourScouts blog articles.
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 6 months
rsuurd/duke-nukem
May 2022 - Mar 2026
Contributions:71 pushes, 1 branch, 32 tags in 3 years 11 months
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