Roy Van Der Meij
Sr. Director - Software Development at GoDaddy
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRoy Van Der Meij is a seasoned software leader and hands-on Ruby/Rails engineer with nine years of focused experience building and scaling web platforms from startup to enterprise. He has held technical leadership roles including CTO and VP of Engineering and now serves as Sr. Director of Software Development at GoDaddy, consistently blending strategic direction with day-to-day engineering. Roy is skilled in full-stack web technologies (Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, HTML/CSS) and infrastructure automation, having architected multi-server deployments, moved monoliths to service-oriented designs, and cut search latency from seconds to milliseconds. He practices outside-in BDD and champions clean SOLID design, PORO-driven architectures, and developer coaching through pair-programming and code review. Based in Amsterdam, he’s also a Linux and open-source enthusiast who balances technical craft with practical business impact—often automating processes to increase revenue without adding headcount. Outside work he’s a family man and guitarist, reflecting a pragmatic, creative approach to engineering and leadership.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of ICT Programming Project Management Software Engineering, Bachelor of ICT Programming Project Management Software Engineering at Inholland University of Applied SciencesApplication Developer C# UML Design Patterns, Application Developer C# UML Design Patterns at Horizon CollegeD Math Chemistry Physics English Dutch German, D Math Chemistry Physics English Dutch German at Don Bosco Mavo
Dutch, English
Github Skills (9)
php6
javascript6
federated5
backbonejs5
owncloud5
jstree5
self-hosting4
file-sharing4
server-core2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rvdmeij/vaulti-server
Nov 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:21 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
rvdmeij/vaulti-client
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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