Summary
Sytse Groenwold is a Principal Cloud Consultant based in Amsterdam with nine years of experience designing and implementing cloud and data infrastructure for banks, universities, and enterprise clients. A former mathematics teacher who transitioned into IT, he combines rigorous analytical thinking with hands-on DevOps, database (Cassandra) and Azure architecture work, and is currently building client-ready cloud solutions at Bloom Group. He’s pursuing an MSc in Data Science & Information Systems at the University of Amsterdam, bringing ongoing academic depth to practical engineering problems. Known for collaborative problem-solving and teaching-oriented leadership, he actively bridges user needs and technical delivery, having shaped ETL, CI/CD and Agile practices across teams. Notably, he pairs curriculum redesign experience with production-grade cloud engineering—a blend that makes him comfortable both mentoring teams and shipping complex systems.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Havo, Havo at Etty Hillesum Lyceum
Master of Science - MS, Data Science and Information Systems, Master of Science - MS, Data Science and Information Systems at University of Amsterdam
Bachelor of Education, Mathematics, Bachelor of Education, Mathematics at Windesheim
English, Portuguese, Dutch