Senior Software Engineer & Technical Leader

Where strategy
meets execution

Highly experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer with 27+ years of expertise. Specializing in robust, high-volume solutions within highly regulated environments like Finance and the European Commission.

About

A little bit about me

Highly experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer and Technical Leader with 27+ years of expertise and a proven track record in system design and implementation.

I specialize in delivering robust, high-volume solutions within highly regulated environments (Finance/EU). Core expertise includes Cloud/Hybrid Architecture (Kubernetes, OpenShift), Data Workflow Management, and Security Governance, bolstered by training in TOGAF and practical experience as an Ethical Hacker.

Known for a high-performance, problem-solving approach that translates complex technical strategy into delivered, stable systems.

27+Years of Experience
20+High-performance enterprise solutions
15+Banking Products
Problem Solving

Work

Selected projects

Tech

Canonical Product Engine

High-performance engine at LYNX for importing vendor data and computing product appropriateness outputs for product governance.

JavaSpring BootGitLab CI/CDOpenTelemetry
Atelier Tools Aesthetics

Atelier Tools Aesthetics

Mixbox Studio Palette generator and image analysis tool for the modern artist.

OpenCVPythonImage Analysis
Tech

E-Signature Workflow System

Robust workflow system at ING processing 500K+ documents monthly across 20+ products with focus on DORA/GDPR compliance.

JavaOpenShiftKafkaElasticsearch
Tech

Debit Card Management

Full-stack Debit Card Management applications implementation for SIX Payment Services, including DevOps and maintenance.

JavaAngularReactAnsible
Tech

TENTEC GM Modules

Enterprise solutions for the European Commission managing the lifecycle of grant proposals and agreements.

JavaAngularTypescriptKubernetes

Skills

What I work with

Cloud & DevOps Architecture

Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift95%
Azure DevOps / GitLab / Jenkins90%
Ansible / Linux / Unix88%

Software Engineering

Java Ecosystem (Spring Boot, Hibernate)98%
Python / Node.js / TypeScript85%
Microservices / REST API / Kafka92%

Security & Governance

Ethical Hacking / Security Governance85%
OAuth / OIDC / JWT90%
DORA / GDPR Compliance88%

Monitoring & Data

Elasticsearch / Prometheus / Grafana90%
SQL & NoSQL Databases92%

Experience

Where I've been

2026 — Present

Senior Software Engineer

LYNX (Ghent, BE)

Member of the Product Governance team for the new platform. Responsible for the canonical-product engine that imports vendor data and computes product-list/appropriateness outputs.

2022 — 2025

Senior Software Engineer & Solution Architect

ING (Brussels, BE)

Designed and maintained the workflow management system for electronic signatures, processing 500K+ documents monthly. Led DORA/GDPR compliance and served as Red Security Champion.

2021 — 2022

Senior Software Engineer

SIX Payment Services (Brussels, BE)

Maintenance and implementation of Debit Card Management applications. Full-stack development and DevOps activities in a high-security environment.

2019 — 2021

Software Engineer

European Commission (Brussels, BE)

Full-stack implementation and maintenance of in-house solutions (TENTEC GM modules) for proposal submission and grant agreement.

2016 — 2019

Java Developer

TOPdesk (Sao Paulo, BR)

Global Customer Solutions team. Developed Apache Camel integrations and a Chat solution using XMPP/ejabberd. Security group member (OWASP).

Contact

Let's create something
extraordinary

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