Wouter Wijsman
IT Software Engineer (Experienced) at REWE digital
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolWouter Wijsman is an experienced software engineer based in Cologne with 11 years of hands-on experience spanning system administration, backend development, and DevOps. After transitioning from infrastructure roles back into software engineering studies, he has shipped scalable Python and Java backends for production systems and contributed to high-availability architectures at companies like q.beyond and gridscale. He is an active open-source contributor focused on gaming and embedded platforms—improving build systems and UEFI/boot configuration for ChimeraOS, adding core authentication and download logic plus a GTK UI to Minigalaxy, and modernizing PSP SDK builds with CMake. Comfortable across the full stack and CI/CD tooling, he combines scripting and automation skills with a pragmatic approach to system stability and deployability. Soon-to-be graduate in Software Engineering, he’s open to roles in Cologne and brings the uncommon blend of operator experience and application-level development. In his spare time he experiments with Linux gaming stacks and console homebrew, which informs his practical improvements to build and release workflows.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Not completed Game Development, Not completed Game Development at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at WindesheimMBO 4 IT Management, MBO 4 IT Management at MBO College HilversumHAVO, HAVO at Oostvaarders College
Dutch, English, German
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Github Skills (36)
system-configuration10
python10
scripting10
linux10
bash10
build-system10
cmake10
ui-design10
osdev10
uid10
automation10
gtk10
script10
front-end-development10
build-automation10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
sharkwouter/minigalaxy
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
A simple GOG client for Linux
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 176 reviews, 688 commits in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Wouter contributed significantly to the development of a GOG client for Linux. They implemented the core logic for user authentication, game library retrieval, and download functionality using Python and the Requests library. Furthermore, the user designed and built the user interface using Gtk, including the creation of a login window, main window, and properties window for managing game settings. They added support for Windows games, including setting up a wine prefix for game installation.
linuxgoggamesgog-client
pspdev/pspsdk
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
An open-source SDK for PSP homebrew development.
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:169 reviews, 20 commits, 143 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Wouter focused on improving the build process for the PSP SDK. Their contributions include creating a CMake file for generating PSP-specific EBOOT.PBP files, adding options to the CMake build system, and modifying the build process to streamline the use of PSPLink. The user also made adjustments to the build flags and install paths within the CMake configuration. These changes enhance the build and deployment workflow of PSP homebrew projects.
source-sdkpsp
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