Ruben Nijhuis is an Amsterdam-based software developer and creative technologist with eight years of hands-on experience building interactive web and immersive graphical experiences. As founder of Louder Minds and former CTO/co-founder at MavePayments, he combines entrepreneurial leadership with product-focused engineering, guiding teams from prototype to production. He has recent experience in generative AI and virtual agents from a role at Coolblue, and continues to explore creative coding through client work and independent projects. Educated through the 42 Network (Codam/42 Paris), Ruben blends unconventional peer-driven training with practical agency and startup delivery. Heβs driven by digital design trends and experimentation, often merging UI craftsmanship with backend robustness to create memorable, usable experiences.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Everything, High School Everything at Het Amsterdams Lyceum
Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Science, Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Science at Codam College
Masters Computer Science, Masters Computer Science at 42 Paris
Transcendence is an online multi-player platform to play competitive pong
Contributions:257 commits, 2 PRs, 170 pushes in 6 months
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Ruben Nijhuis - Software Developer at Louder Minds