Tijmen Wierenga
Software Developer at Lender & Spender
Leiderdorp, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolTijmen Wierenga is a pragmatic software developer with 10 years of experience building PHP-based web applications and APIs, specializing in Symfony, Laravel, Vue.js and Docker. He thrives in fast-moving startup environments but also knows how to untangle and modernize legacy enterprise codebases, having led efforts to tackle technical debt and improve architecture at Tweakers and XS4ALL. As a former technical lead, he combines hands-on coding with mentoring and architectural ownership, driving developer productivity and faster feature delivery. His background in social work gives him a clear, empathetic communication style and a solution-focused approach to team collaboration and stakeholder alignment. Autodidactic by nature, he continuously experiments with new frameworks and selectively integrates useful patterns into his workflow. Based in Leiderdorp, Netherlands, he currently develops at Lender & Spender while keeping a strong practical focus on maintainable, future-proof systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Social Work, Minor Licht Verstandelijk Gehandicapten, Bachelor of Social Work, Minor Licht Verstandelijk Gehandicapten at Hanzehogeschool GroningenHAVO, Economics and Society, HAVO, Economics and Society at RSG Wolfsbos
English, Dutch, German
Github Skills (49)
bundle10
php10
symfony10
symfony-bundle9
laravel9
php-framework9
lumen9
inspect8
revision8
observer8
eloquent8
full-stack7
laravel-package7
history7
laravel-queue7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TijmenWierenga/Bogus
Jan 2017 - Sep 2019
A library for creating data fixtures the RIGHT way.
Contributions:57 commits, 21 PRs, 52 pushes in 2 years 8 months
pythonfixturesdata-fixtures
devmobsters/end-of-the-day
Nov 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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