Building tools that make
developers productive
Software Engineer at Spotify working on Backstage, the open platform for building developer portals. Passionate about AI-powered developer experience, cloud infrastructure, and creating tools that help teams ship faster. Based in Amsterdam.
Frontend
Backend
Cloud
Tools
- Projects
- Resume
AnaToken
Developed an application that runs on the Ethereum blockchain to help address plastic waste problems in Ghana. The plan is to take this project and further develop it in the upcoming hackathon of odyssey
Experience
Software Engineer
Spotify
Sep 2022 - pres · 37 mos · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Founding engineer of Backstage Portal from day one through GA launch
- Led 'Managed By Portal' work stream: shipped self-service software catalog import, targeting 80% reduction in customer onboarding time
- Contributor to AiKA, Spotify's in-platform AI assistant for codebase questions, catalog management, and workflow automation—built key reliability and debugging features
- Reduced monorepo CI pipeline time by 54% and E2E test time by 35%, saving hundreds of engineering hours monthly
- Architected and implemented core systems of Backstage Portal
Software Engineer - Team Developer Experience
Bol.com
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Utrecht Area, Netherlands
- Developing a developer experience portal based on https://backstage.io within Bol.com
- Scrum master
Software Engineer - Team Insights
Bol.com
Sep 2020 - Aug 2021 · 11 mos · Utrecht Area, Netherlands
- Part of team insights which is responsible for the metrics, monitoring and logging platform of Bol.com.
- Developing Elastic Cloud in Kubernetes
- Developing and managing the centralised metrics platform (Prometheus/Thanos)
- Developing and managing internal puppet modules
- Handeling incidents
Software Engineer Graduation Intern
Bol.com
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020 · 5 mos · Utrecht Area, Netherlands
- Developed a proof of concept that visualizes the effect a microservice can have on the cloud landscape if it stops working
Full Stack Engineer (Part-time)
SSC-ICT
Aug 2018 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Den Haag, Netherlands
- Developed a self-service portal that automated business processes regarding Atlassian products
- Supervising interns
- Holding workshops
- Facilitating Design Sprints
Web Developer
OGonline
Dec 2015 - May 2016 · 6 mos · Den Haag, Netherlands
- PHP, Javascript
- Developing websites for clients
- Improving old CSS
Education
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Minor: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies: Business, Law & IT
2019 - 2020
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
BSc, Software Engineering
2016 - 2020
Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam
MBO, Application and media development
2013 - 2016