Summary
Stijn Van Bael is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience building high-performance, event-driven systems across Java, Dart, and Rust. He specializes in resilient backend architectures and scalable messaging platforms, having designed production solutions with Kafka, AWS SNS/SQS, and Google Pub/Sub. His career spans roles from lead developer to consultant at companies including CCV Lab, Sweet Mustard, Enprove, and Fluvius, showing a blend of hands-on implementation and system-level thinking. Based in the Bruges metropolitan area, he often operates at the intersection of reliability and efficiency, optimizing throughput without sacrificing maintainability. A pragmatic problem-solver, he brings a history of shipping critical enterprise features—from clinical information systems to retail and utility platforms—while quietly favoring clean, future-ready designs.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
1st Candidate, Commercial Engineer, 1st Candidate, Commercial Engineer at University of Antwerp
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Karel de Grote-Hogeschool
Sint-Romboutscollege Mechelen
Dutch, French, English