Pixento — Software engineering
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Selected projects

A selection of client work and my own projects.

  1. 2026
    Sep 2026 – present
    Pixento (own product)

    hetweer.nu: measurements and forecast in one graph

    A weather site that combines a 15-day forecast for every place in the Netherlands with the latest measurements from the nearest KNMI weather station.

    15 days
    forecast ahead
    50
    ensemble members per forecast
    KNMI
    measurements in the same graph
    PythonFastAPITypeScriptReactGCP Cloud Run
  2. 2026
    Jul 2026 – present
    Dutch Electoral Council (Kiesraad)

    A portal for election results

    Full-stack developer on a web application that makes election results accessible, built with Django and React.

    Python
    Django backend
    TypeScript
    React front-end with Tailwind CSS
    Kubernetes
    managed cluster at Scaleway
    PythonDjangoTypeScriptReactDockerKubernetesScaleway
  3. 2025
    Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
    Dutch National Police

    Modernising an internal portal

    Senior full-stack developer in the team building an internal portal, adding a new React front-end alongside the existing Django application.

    React
    introduced alongside Django
    uv
    for a faster CI pipeline
    Kanban
    team way of working
    PythonDjangoTypeScriptReactTailwind CSSGitLab
  4. 2024
    May 2024 – Jul 2025
    Heemskerk Fresh & Easy

    Rebuilding an internal business portal

    The next version of an internal business portal, replacing an existing Flask application: FastAPI, React and a complete CI/CD pipeline.

    15 mo
    engagement
    FastAPI
    new backend, replacing Flask
    K8s
    deploys with Helm
    PythonFastAPISQLAlchemyReactTailwind CSSKubernetes
  5. 2022
    Jun 2022 – Apr 2024
    Abel Sensors

    Lead developer of a sensor platform

    First point of contact for every technical question: responsible for the quality and direction of the software, coaching juniors and acting as Scrum Master.

    2 yrs
    lead developer
    PSM I
    Scrum Master
    Kanban
    guided the switch from Scrum
    PythonPHPLaravelKubernetesHelmDocker
  6. 2018
    Jun 2018 – May 2022
    Abel Sensors

    Processing and analysing sensor data

    Full-stack software developer, responsible for maintaining and extending all applications and tooling, in both Python and PHP/Laravel.

    4 yrs
    full-stack developer
    TimescaleDB
    for time-series sensor data
    Kubernetes
    scalable microservice for sensor messages
    PythonPHPLaravelPostgreSQLRedisDocker