About

I'm a senior Python software engineer based in Utrecht. Today I work on data-platform services for a European high-voltage transmission system operator, forecasting pipelines, Databricks and Spark jobs, and the developer tooling that keeps a sizeable monorepo sane.

I didn't start in software. My background is in structural and civil engineering, where I designed bridges, viaducts and other civil structures. Somewhere between the finite-element models and the spreadsheets I realised the part I loved most was automating the work. So I taught the calculations to run themselves, then made that my career. That path shows up in how I build: a structural engineer's respect for correctness, load paths and things that must not fail.

These days my craft is clean architecture and developer experience: typed Python, well-drawn boundaries, fast feedback loops, and tooling that makes the right thing the easy thing. I care about repository patterns, dependency injection and architecture as much as I care about a green CI run on the first push.

Community

I'm the treasurer of PyCon NL / PyNederland, the Dutch Python association, and an active member of the Pythoneers practice community at Sopra Steria, where I help organise events and workshops. Giving back to the Python community is one of the more rewarding parts of the job.

Away from the keyboard

I cook - Turkish food especially - snowboard when there's snow, and spend a probably-unreasonable amount of time on home projects. I prefer European-built tools and brands where I can.

The fastest way to reach me is the contact page, or find me on LinkedIn.