Thijs Van Der Heijden
Software Engineer I at Uber
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolThijs Van Der Heijden is a Software Engineer I based in Utrecht with 11 years of hands-on experience building backend systems, currently working at Uber after recent roles focused on serverless APIs and Go-based backends. He has led backend development and system architecture for a graph visualization MVP, coordinated a 12-person student engineering team, and implemented production-grade infrastructure on GCP. His contributions to the popular Yoast WordPress SEO project show practical experience improving PHP/JS code quality, configuration flows, and redirect logic in widely used open-source software. Comfortable across microservices, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Redis, MongoDB, and gRPC, he combines academic work (masters thesis with CWI) with fast-paced startup engineering. Colleagues know him for pragmatic refactors that reduce technical debt and features that prioritize user impact.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science (Systems for Large-Scale Applications), Master of Science - MS Computer Science (Systems for Large-Scale Applications) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Utrecht UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science (Systems for Large-Scale Applications), Master of Science - MS Computer Science (Systems for Large-Scale Applications) at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English, German, French
Github Skills (8)
wordpress10
php10
javascript10
seo10
plugin10
api-design9
api9
apim9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Yoast/wordpress-seo
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
Yoast SEO for WordPress
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:332 reviews, 216 commits, 344 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Thijs's commits primarily focus on back-end development tasks related to the WordPress SEO plugin. The contributions involve code review suggestions, refactoring existing code, and addressing potential issues. The user worked on areas such as the first-time configuration process, implementing emoji deletion, and modifying internal logic for redirects. The user's changes span across multiple files, including PHP, JavaScript, and configuration files, and likely contributed to improve the overall functionality and code quality of the plugin.
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thijsoo/wordpress-develop
Oct 2021 - Mar 2025
WordPress Develop, Git-ified. Synced from git://develop.git.wordpress.org/, including branches and tags! This repository is just a mirror of the WordPress subversion repository. Please include a link to a pre-existing ticket on https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ with every pull request.
Contributions:10 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 6 months
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