Robin Martijn
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Robin is an efficient full-stack developer with experience primarily in startups. From his entrepreneurial point of view, he thinks beyond the set requirements. Robin works on short- and long-term projects but likes to get results quickly. He has built and managed teams and likes freelancing when done in a dynamic and innovative environment.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Linux, MacOS, PhpStorm, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), GitHub, Laravel Forge, Slack, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, Scrum
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a remote-controlled baby doll to support PhD research on babies born prematurely.
Work Experience
Senior Back-end Developer
Bitfactory
- Advised and sold multiple projects to existing clients.
- Took responsibility for the internal service desk, managing 20+ clients concurrently while developing applications for new clients.
- Managed client projects from start to finish successfully.
Lecturer, Business IT and Management
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
- Developed a new curriculum integrating new technologies for our students.
- Mentored and guided students forming their own startups, successfully getting them funding.
- Taught students the fundamentals of good database design and programming in Python.
Chief Technical Officer
Frolo Limited
- Set up an in-house development team from scratch, including a new recruitment pipeline and onboarding process.
- Oversaw the launch of the product across the UK and Ireland.
- Prepared a roadmap for the coming months to manage seven projects simultaneously.
- Prepared the launch of the product to four new countries.
Founder
Cronly
- Redesigned and built a full application within just three months.
- Set up an architecture that allows running and monitoring thousands of jobs per second.
- Built a new business model and integrated a payment provider (Stripe) within the application.
- Successfully got the application acquired by a big DNS provider.
Chief Technical Officer
Het Huisdossier
- Built and managed a team of seven talented developers and designers.
- Led and developed five different projects and products.
- Worked on linkage made with energy consultants, real estate systems, municipalities, and banks.
Embedded System Engineer
X Laboratory
- Developed a full museum exhibition for the Science Centre Delft.
- Wrote a custom application to control a Franka Emika Panda and received haptic feedback.
- Developed a custom haptic feedback joystick controller.
Experience
Web Application for Developers to Monitor Their Cron Jobs
http://www.cronly.appThe project exemplifies my excellent Laravel knowledge, where almost every best practice was followed.
Skills
Languages
C, SQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, C++, Python, JavaScript, Java, Haskell, Markdown
Frameworks
Laravel, Tailwind CSS, React Native
Tools
GitHub, Git, Cron, PhpStorm, Slack, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon CloudFront CDN, Postman, Webpack, Docker Compose, Sentry, Amazon CloudWatch, Jira
Paradigms
Scrum, Database Design, Agile, Serverless Architecture
Platforms
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MacOS, Amazon EC2, Algolia, Webflow, Docker, Firebase, WordPress
Storage
Databases, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, Redis, SQLite
Other
Back-end, Full-stack, Web Development, Embedded Systems, Software Architecture, Web Scraping, Data Scraping, APIs, Integration, Scraping, Architecture, Leadership, Automation Scripting, Laravel Forge, English, Data Visualization, Amazon RDS, Laravel Nova, Amazon Route 53, Digital Payments, CI/CD Pipelines, CTO, Lecturing
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Node.js
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences - Rotterdam, Holland
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
PH125.2x: Data Science: Visualization
Harvard University
Cambridge English Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International (Advanced)
University of Cambridge
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