Ruben Bakker
Project Coordinator
Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRuben Bakker is a project coordinator and design engineer at ASML with 15 years of experience bridging hands‑on mechanical design, supplier alignment, and cross‑functional project leadership in high‑precision manufacturing. He has advanced new prototype development using additive and traditional manufacturing, designed tooling for rapid validation, and now coordinates supplier-engineer collaboration to improve production robustness for immersion hoods. Comfortable in both Agile and SAFe environments, Ruben brings a coaching mindset and a pragmatic focus on translating technical challenges into value-driven, iterative solutions. He’s also contributed to open-source testing tooling—enhancing pytest-django compatibility and test reliability—bringing a developer’s attention to reproducibility and efficiency. A former HighTechXL consultant, he has experience helping startups sharpen product strategy and technical readiness while maintaining strong stakeholder communication. Based in Utrecht and pursuing growth toward Product Owner responsibilities, Ruben blends systems thinking with practical delivery experience.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Inholland University of Applied SciencesPre-vocational Secondary Education (vmbo), Pre-vocational Secondary Education (vmbo) at Vincent van GoghSocial Pedagogical Care, Social Pedagogical Care at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Alfa-collegeMaster of Science - MS Management, Master of Science - MS Management at Open UniversiteitComputer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Alfa College
English, Dutch
Github Skills (6)
pytest10
python10
plugin10
django10
testing10
sql4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
pytest-dev/pytest-django
Jul 2010 - Jun 2011
A Django plugin for pytest.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Ruben primarily contributed to the `pytest-django` plugin, enhancing its functionality and compatibility. Their work included adding support for different Django versions, such as Django 1.2.1 and 1.3, as well as refactoring the code base. The user addressed issues with test database setup by capturing and ignoring stdout, and replaced the use of South migrations with the standard syncdb command for faster test execution.
pythondjangopython3pytest-pluginpytest
kelan/YRKSpinningProgressIndicator
Aug 2010 - Aug 2010
A resizable, recolorable clone of the spinning NSProgressIndicator.
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
macosswiftios
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