Wouter Danes is a Staff Engineer and seasoned engineering manager based in The Hague with 12 years of experience architecting and leading developer platforms and large-scale digital services. He blends hands-on programming, platform architecture and agile coaching to empower teams to deliver reliable, scalable systems—recently exploring AI agents that translate Jira tickets into implemented code. His career spans technical leadership roles across Picnic, PostNL and ING, plus long-term open-source commitment as a Hippo CMS committer, reflecting a balance of product-focused delivery and community-driven contributions. Known for mentoring, entrepreneurship and ops-savvy architecture, he brings practical systems engineering training from Delft and a knack for turning complex operational needs into observable, maintainable platforms.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Business Course, Certificate Business Course at Ohio University
Certificate Systems Engineering and Policy Analysis, Certificate Systems Engineering and Policy Analysis at Delft University of Technology
High School Gymnasium Beta, High School Gymnasium Beta at Fioretti
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Wouter Danes - Staff Engineer at Picnic Technologies