I am an experienced software developer who has worked on scientific software, data visualization, teaching and web applications. I am familiar with devops and CI/CD practices as well as SCRUM/Agile methodology. I like to work in teams in direct contact with stakeholders that have a pragmatic approach to problem solving and an eye for long term maintainability.
For more information or if you have an interesting project don't hesitate to contact me at info@thylacine.nl.
As a software developer I have worked in organizations large and small and in several domains. After graduating with a MSc in Astronomy & Astrophysics I worked as a freelance software developer on Python / Django applications. I gained my first experience working for a early stage start-up. After moving back to astronomy to earn a PhD in radio astronomy, I worked on pulsar survey processing software written in Python. I successfully defended my thesis and remained at the University of Amsterdam for another two years of teaching programming and data visualization. Teaching has honed my ability to explain technical solutions to all stakeholders of projects I work on.
Following my time in academia I have been working as a freelance software developer. For the start-up SIM-CI I visualized critical infrastructure in 2D and 3D. I furthermore introduced Docker in our development team and worked on linking physics simulations. For local government I worked on several web application backends, all written in Python. I was a core contributor to the Signalen system, working on it from before its launch in Amsterdam through to its adoption by other Dutch municipalities. Signalen is a proven open source system that handles nuisance complaints for three million citizens in 20 Dutch municipalities.