Stefan Van Raaphorst
Sr. Director Of Architecture (2025), Senior Software Engineer Architect at WPP
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolStefan Van Raaphorst is a seasoned software architect and engineering leader with 11+ years of experience delivering end-to-end solutions—from concept and design to deployment and maintenance—currently serving as Sr. Director of Architecture at WPP. He blends a deep full-stack background (TypeScript/React, Svelte, Tailwind, AWS Lambda/GraphQL) with decades of legacy and systems-level expertise (C#, C/C++, Delphi, databases like Snowflake and Postgres, and DevOps tooling). Known for building and coaching high-performing teams, he applies pragmatic practices like TDD, Agile/XP, Clean Code and Infrastructure as Code to drive reliable, secure systems. His career spans consultancy and product work across media, telecom and health clients, and he brings an unusual breadth of historical knowledge—everything from VB6 and Borland Pascal to modern container orchestration—which helps him bridge old and new technology stacks.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Elektrotechniek - Technische computerkunde, Bachelor of Science, Elektrotechniek - Technische computerkunde at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, English
Github Skills (9)
flutter6
android5
ios5
react-native4
hybrid3
mobile3
scrolling3
typescript1
react1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
stefanvr/DartsToday
Dec 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:14 pushes, 5 branches, 1 tag in 5 years 10 months
stefanvr/css-challenge
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 20 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
csskabisasasscss-challenge
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