Tom Hoenderdos
Docent Software Engineering at Hogeschool Leiden
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolTom Hoenderdos is a seasoned software engineer and educator with 11 years of hands-on experience building and operating web and automation systems, currently teaching Software Engineering at Hogeschool Leiden. He specializes in Ruby and Elixir development and has strong operational experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch and CouchDB, applied across roles at startups and telecoms including Tele2 and TomTom. Tom combines full-stack craftsmanship with system automation and hosting expertise from running his own consultancy (TomPC), making him equally comfortable shipping features or managing production infrastructure. Notably, his career blends industry and academic perspectives—moving from devops and NMS specialist roles into Elixir-focused engineering and now into lecturing—so he brings practical, production-proven practices into the classroom. Based in Leiden, he’s known for a creative, outgoing approach and a penchant for tooling that smooths developer and operational workflows.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
HBO, Informatics, Business & Communication, HBO, Informatics, Business & Communication at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesHAVO, NT, HAVO, NT at SGLMinor Programming, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor, Minor Programming, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor at Universiteit van Amsterdam / University of AmsterdamHBO, Informatics, Business & Communication, Bsc, HBO, Informatics, Business & Communication, Bsc at Hogeschool Windesheim Almere
Dutch, French, English, German
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Github Skills (64)
extendscript10
render10
carrierwave9
after-effects9
animation9
lottie9
eventmachine9
bodymovin9
tinypng9
client-library8
devise8
adobe8
buildpack8
react8
elixir8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
takeyuweb/carrierwave-tinypng
Jan 2016 - Jul 2021
TinyPNG support for CarrierWave
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 comments in 5 years 7 months
carrierwavetinypng
TomHoenderdos/plug
Dec 2018 - Sep 2022
A specification and conveniences for composable modules between web applications
Contributions:3 pushes in 3 years 9 months
web-applicationsspecificationjavascriptwebcomponentscomposable
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