Summary
Sydney Smit is a multidisciplinary AV-tech and producer with 9 years of hands-on experience blending media production, dev-test engineering and EV-focused content. Based in Rotterdam, she co-owns Snelladen—an emerging Dutch EV review platform and YouTube channel—while running Streamdoctors and Sydster, delivering high-profile live and streaming projects for clients like Amazon Prime Video, Red Bull and Logitech. Her background as a Sr. DevTest Engineer at Sogeti gives her strong test automation and tooling skills (Playwright, Selenium, Python, TypeScript, Docker), enabling her to bridge creative production and robust technical delivery. Comfortable managing camera production one day and scripting integrations or DSP plugins the next, she thrives on complex, cross-disciplinary workflows. She’s known for turning broadcast-scale briefs into reliable live experiences and for a knack of shipping bespoke AV tooling that quietly keeps big shows running.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Media, Informatie en Communicatie Deeltijd, Bachelor's degree, Media, Informatie en Communicatie Deeltijd at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Mavo, Techniek, Mavo, Techniek at De Toorop Mavo
HAVO, Natuur & Techniek, HAVO, Natuur & Techniek at Melanchthon Schiebroek
English, Dutch