An experienced programmer, compassionate mentor and driven problem solver. I'm the right kind of developer for challenging business solutions.
As a Technical Lead my focus has been to ensure the vision of founders translates into technical excellence, while unlocking the full potential of our engineers.
With my team, we have unlocked the next frontier for EvidenceHunt by completely integrating with their company for the duration of our collaboration.
Ultimately, unlocking the automation of working with medical evidence, all while supporting a large active user base.
Development of new venture software as senior software engineer.
Senior developer for the Abbi platform.
Technical lead and senior developer on projects based on Shopware 6, Laravel and Magento 2. Advocating quality and maintainability throughout the company.
I have a supporting role as mentor, support business decisions with technical insights and take lead on projects that require more architectural problem solving skills.
My experience as a Symfony developer has proven invaluable, with both Shopware 6 and Laravel projects.
Alumio is a data integration platform. As senior developer, I co-architected and developed the back-end and API of Alumio. This has been mainly done using Symfony framework as a base for Alumio.
I also improved the developer experience for its implementation developers, by writing thorough documentation, developer tooling and by building the automated review deployments and continuous integration tooling.
At MediaCT I focused on code quality standards, performance and software architecture.
My main responsibilities included:
I provided healthy feedback to my co-workers and employer. I was always open for discussions and tutoring co-workers.
At Youwe, I filled the role of product developer. This entails R&D work, creating new products or extensions of existing products, that help us with our B2B and B2C clients.
My time with Youwe overlaps with my time at MediaCT, due to them moving forward as a single entity.
While working at Hotels.nl, I gained a lot of experience concerning server management, code revisions, maintaining team based code, maintaining legacy code and developing new code.
My main role was to develop and maintain highly scalable and pluggable JavaScript applications for their front-end code base. All working on desktop, tablet and other mobile devices.
I was very particular about keeping a high standard for their PHP back-end data models. Overall I kept an eye out for security risks or logic flaws. Additionally, I helped by pointing out optimizations whenever I got the chance.
While managing the Bistro and Cafeteria Drenths-End, I gained experience in managing, logistics and training personnel.
In an effort to simplify recurring tasks, I created:
Part of a board of students to advise IT representative teachers for a local organization of schools.
As a freelance developer, I took on all the aspects of a web development company.
From installing servers to hosting sites, from migrating sites to developing web applications.
Recommended by peers 🌸
Jan-Marten is the best of both worlds. Highly skilled, technically flexible engineers that stay cool and creative under pressure are alone hard to come by. But match that with his deeply empathetic, communicative, up-lifting leadership? That is unicorn gold. JM’s decisions reflect not just what’s possible, but what’s principled. He builds high-trust, high-autonomy environments where engineers thrive. I would - and I will - hire him again and again, given the chance.
I had the pleasure of working with Jan-Marten at Slimmer, where he was my tech lead—and I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor and teammate.
Jan-Marten has a remarkable ability to stay calm and focused under pressure, guiding the team with a steady hand even in the most challenging situations. I learned a great deal from him—not just technically, but also in how to approach problems thoughtfully and collaboratively.
What I appreciate most is that Jan-Marten is never condescending when helping others. He’s approachable, always willing to lend a hand, and genuinely cares about the growth of those around him. His strong work ethic is inspiring, and he still manages to keep things fun and light-hearted.
I’m truly grateful to have worked with Jan-Marten and would gladly do so again. Anyone would be lucky to have him on their team.
I had the pleasure of working with Jan-Marten and witnessing his exceptional leadership skills firsthand. As a team leader, he consistently created a supportive and motivating environment where every team member felt valued and empowered. His ability to communicate clearly, make thoughtful decisions, and lead by example had a significant impact on our team's success.
Jan-Marten is someone truly dedicated to the success of the team, but what sets him apart is the genuine care he shows for each individual. While driving the team toward our goals, he also actively supports both the professional and personal development of every team member. He is always there to help, and never hesitates to offer support when it's needed.
Jan-Marten is an exceptional observer — often recognizing when something might be off, even before it's said out loud. Whether the issue is work-related or personal, he is the kind of leader who makes time to listen and provide meaningful help. His empathy, attentiveness, and ability to value people on a human level make him not just a great leader, but an inspiring one.
I truly hope I get the chance to work with him again in the future. Any team would be incredibly lucky to have such a thoughtful and dedicated leader. Thanks Jan-Marten 🌸
Jan-Marten is a very good senior engineer and architect. But even more impressive is his high EQ, empathy and ability to lead and coach a team to collective high performance! He is super dedicated to both the business/technical outcomes, as well his team. He doesn’t take shortcuts, but build software and the team for the long run.
The experienced developer you need
An experienced developer, with a broad set of skills, supporting your application, wherever and however it needs it most.
With an academic mindset, eager to learn and focused on your domain.
The bridge between the end of documentation and the beginning of your application and domain.
Sysops, Devops, CI/CD, Back-end, API and Front-end are all comfortably part of my vocabulary.
Whether the project at hand needs steering, the team requires a renewed focus or by supporting personal growth.
Great at finding the right balance between pragmatic solutions and investments in the longevity of the product.
Delivered work meets agreed upon standards. Making sure the right work is deployed at the most opportune moment is part of the deal.
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