Summary
Ruben Verhagen is a Full Stack Web Developer with over 10 years of hands-on experience turning early requirements into production software, blending PHP, Ruby on Rails, and modern JavaScript stacks. He has worked across startups and client projects as both developer and project manager, shipping front- and back-end solutions using Node.js, React, Angular, Laravel and classic tools like Zend and CodeIgniter. Comfortable across HTML/CSS, Bootstrap and data-visualization with D3, Ruben pairs strong technical breadth with agile practices and a collaborative, client-focused communication style. As a self-employed developer since 2014 he’s explored testing frameworks and newer stacks while seeking challenging problems to solve. Based in Haarlem, he brings both deep legacy-system knowledge and a curiosity for contemporary JS ecosystems, making him effective at bridging older codebases with modern architectures.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master in IT Management, Computer Software Engineering, Master in IT Management, Computer Software Engineering at Universitat Ramon Llull
Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology, Computer Software Engineering at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
Dutch, English, Spanish