Summary
Tristan Van Vaalen is a software engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building web and mobile applications, currently developing mobility solutions at Gaiyo in the Netherlands. With an MS in Software Engineering from the University of Amsterdam and a background at trading firms like IMC and internships at Optiver, he blends rigorous engineering practices with low-latency, data-driven thinking. He’s comfortable across the full stack—app development, web services, and platform integrations—and enjoys turning ideas into shipped products (“I type the words and make the things happen”). Tristan’s career spans startups and finance, giving him a pragmatic approach to reliable, production-grade systems for Mobility-as-a-Service and related domains.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS Software Engineering at University of Amsterdam