Tim Drijvers
Fellow Principal Engineer at Sendcloud
North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolTim Drijvers is a seasoned engineering leader and former startup CTO with over a decade of experience building high-performing teams and delivering impactful software from the Netherlands. He currently serves as Fellow Principal Engineer at Sendcloud while advising startups and coaching leadership through Gears for Engineers and strategic roles at PAIDD and Vue Storefront. Tim blends hands-on technical problem-solving—ranging from embedded systems and performance-critical back-ends to modern product platforms—with a pragmatic focus on happy engineers, clear accountability, and timely quality delivery. His background includes founding CTO roles and multiple C-level stints that show a rare combination of operational rigor and startup agility. Quietly technical, he still writes and architects systems himself, informed by a Master’s in Embedded Systems and early work on video algorithms and automotive CAN solutions.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
ISTQB Foundation, Software testing, ISTQB Foundation, Software testing at PolteqBachelor, Technical Computer Science, Bachelor, Technical Computer Science at Fontys University of Applied SciencesMaster, Embedded Systems, Master, Embedded Systems at Eindhoven University of TechnologySystem Architect(ing), System architecture, System Architect(ing), System architecture at The High Tech InstituteIPMA Level D, Project management, IPMA Level D, Project management at ICM Education & TrainingProfessional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I)
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (56)
rabbit10
background-task10
login-system9
authentication9
sdk9
dramatiq9
sentry8
openid-connect8
django8
django-project8
python8
voting8
distributed-lock8
task-manager8
two-factor-authentication8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SendCloud/django-dramatiq-email
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Email backend for Django sending emails via Dramatiq.
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 9 PRs in 2 years 3 months
pythondjangoemailemailsbackend
timdrijvers/dramatiq
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
A fast and reliable distributed task processing library for Python 3.
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
pythongeventmultiprocessingreliablepython-3
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