Ruurd Pels
Senior Software Engineer at Bureau Pels
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRuurd Pels is a senior software engineer based in Amsterdam with 20+ years of experience designing pragmatic, high-quality systems across Ruby on Rails, Java, C++ and knowledge engineering domains. He combines hands‑on development with advisory and coaching roles, having led teams and projects for banks, government agencies and large engineering firms while running his own consultancy, Bureau Pels. Pragmatic and pattern‑oriented, he focuses on usable, maintainable architectures and is comfortable mixing tools, OSes and databases to fit the problem. Over his career he has moved between full‑stack delivery, tooling and model-driven design—bringing an uncommon sensitivity for the economic, human and social impacts of automation. Colleagues value his direct, service‑oriented approach and willingness to act as a candid sparring partner to management and clients. He is fluent in Dutch and English, with working knowledge of German, and often steps into technical leadership or coaching roles where clarity and engineering discipline are needed.
20 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Stedelijk Gymnasium LeidenYes Informatics, Yes Informatics at InformatiekundeVWO-B Dutch English Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Economics, VWO-B Dutch English Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Economics at RembrandtPropaedeuse Accountancy, Propaedeuse Accountancy at NIVRAPropaedeuse Economics, Propaedeuse Economics at University of Groningen
Dutch, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
package-manager10
intellij10
kitematic10
ruby10
intellij-plugin10
code-editor10
pie-chart10
letter10
macos10
leaflet10
ide10
intellij-idea10
linux10
intellij-platform10
audiokit10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
ruurd/assessments-trycatchus-mysterious
May 2015 - Dec 2022
Assessment
Contributions:19 PRs, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 8 months
phpassessment
ruurd/learn-java-validation
Mar 2018 - Oct 2020
A validation example with Bean Validation 2.0 and AspectJ
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
beanbean-validationvalidationaspectj
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