Ruben De Gooijer is a seasoned software engineer and hands-on tech lead with 15 years of experience building scalable, event-driven platforms and migrating critical systems to the cloud. He has a strong track record across fintech, classifieds, retail, and identity domains—bootstrapping teams and leading platform migrations at organizations like ING, eBay, Ahold Delhaize, and ANVA. Comfortable shipping both backend financial components and developer-facing platform improvements, he blends practical engineering with systems thinking informed by a Master's in Software Technology. Currently exploring blockchain (Algorand) projects on GitHub, he pairs an INTP-inventor mindset with a developer-first approach to architecting resilient SaaS solutions.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Software Technology, Master's Degree, Software Technology at Utrecht University
Bachelor's Degree, Embedded Systems, Bachelor's Degree, Embedded Systems at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
Contributions:3 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
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