Mar 2024 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Leading frontend development for MyWheels, Europe's pioneering car-sharing platform revolutionizing urban mobility with 3,000+ vehicles (80% electric) serving tens of thousands of users across the Netherlands. MyWheels' mission is to reduce urban car ownership and environmental impact
• One of my transformational achievement was improving the app store ratings from 1.8 to 4.7 stars through systematic quality improvements and user experience enhancements. I also led critical migration from React Native CLI to Expo, reducing build times from 3-4 hours weekly to minutes while enabling seamless onboarding of web developers to mobile development.
• In terms of leadership impact on the organization I've stabilized development team through strategic hiring decisions, advocating for in-house UX/UI designer over freelancers, and implementing bulletproof development processes.
• During layoffs, I have navigated the team's restructuring rebuilding by 50% through strategic analysis of near-shoring options while maintaining delivery quality.
• Led my team in rewriting the authentication layer, eliminating persistent user logout issues that had plagued the platform. Redesigned the Bluetooth module to enable seamless car access, implementing a primary strategy for opening and closing vehicles via backend APIs rather than relying solely on physical proximity.
• Developed and deployed a comprehensive new user registration flow incorporating KYC (Know Your Customer) verification steps, resulting in significantly higher conversion rates for first-time bookings. Successfully integrated a new Payment Service Provider (PSP) with expanded payment methods, implemented a Consent Management Platform (CMP) to ensure GDPR compliance, and established various automation systems to enhance overall platform reliability.
• Another something I'm proud of is pioneering with an "Innovation Day" initiative that expanded department-wide, fostering R&D culture in absence of formal research team.

Sep 2023 – Mar 2024 · 6 mos · Remote

• Co-founded and served as CTO for Solute AI, an innovative platform that revolutionized AI integration for businesses by transforming repetitive LLM tasks into automated, user-friendly workflows.
• Built comprehensive AI-powered automation platform using modern web technologies, featuring an intuitive drag-and-drop builder that allowed businesses to create intelligent forms and screening processes without technical expertise.
• One of my major achievements was developing a flagship recruiting solution that automated candidate screening with AI-generated questions and intelligent matching recommendations, reducing hiring workflow time from hours to minutes.
• I also led the company's technical architecture and product development that attracted tens of paying customers across various industries seeking to integrate AI into their business processes.
• Solute AI was selected to participate in Web Summit Lisbon 2023's startup program and accelerator sessions, showcasing Solute's innovative approach to democratizing AI integration.

Apr 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Remote

• Stream powers Chat Messaging, Video & Audio, and Activity Feeds for billions of global end-users across thousands of different apps. Stream provides product teams with everything they need to add activity feeds or chat to their app. This includes a UI kit, scalable APIs, frontend components for React, React Native, Flutter, iOS, or Android, integrated machine learning/AI as well as a management dashboard. Stream enables our customers to get to market faster, grow without worrying about scalability, and ship a higher-quality user experience. Most importantly our customers focus on what makes their app unique instead of reinventing tech for chat, feeds, or video and audio.
• At my time at Stream I led the React Native engineering team of 5 developers responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting Stream's React Native SDKs used by 600+ B2B customers serving hundreds of millions of end-users globally.
• Spearheaded development of Stream's flagship Audio & Video SDK for React Native, enabling customers to integrate real-time communication features into their applications. Successfully maintained and enhanced Chat and Activity Feed SDKs using React Native, Expo, TypeScript, Jest, and Maestro testing frameworks while providing 2nd line customer support.
• One of my major achievement was leading the development of highly-requested offline support functionality for the Chat SDK v5, implementing complex data synchronization and local storage capabilities that significantly improved user engagement and app performance in poor network conditions.
• In terms of management impact I successfully navigated product expansion and feature development during organizational restructuring and team downsizing due to company layoffs, maintaining delivery quality and team morale while adapting to reduced resources and ensuring continued support for Stream's massive customer base.

Nov 2021 – Apr 2022 · 5 mos

• At Work Harder Dev I assisted my main client- Iconist (Dating app) as an interim CTO.
• At Iconist I established comprehensive technology vision and architecture to scale from startup to hundreds of thousands of users.
• I also led infrastructure decisions, managed technology budgets, and created development timelines while ensuring regulatory compliance for personal data handling.
• Key Impact: Successfully architected scalable platform infrastructure that will enable Iconist to support hundreds of thousands of concurrent users with robust security protocols for the competitive dating app market.

Jul 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Advanced to leadership role building and managing engineering teams from 5 to 13 engineers across 3 goal-oriented squads, achieving consistent sprint delivery and fostering a high-performance culture with 100% team retention.
• Assumed CTO responsibilities including leading hiring processes, defining R&D strategic goals, and making executive technology decisions that supported massive platform scaling.
• Led the complete revamp of the Tranzer mobile app, resulting in dramatic user growth and improved user experience. Spearheaded technical initiatives that scaled the MaaS ticketing engine from processing hundreds to tens of thousands of tickets per day, while simultaneously growing Daily Active Users (DAU) in the Tranzer app by over 1000%.
• Mentored developers while expanding technical stack to include Next.js and Vercel deployments for enhanced performance.
• Participated in Ponooc's exclusive Mentor/Mentee program, collaborating with C-level entrepreneurs and high-potential talents across multiple ventures, demonstrating leadership impact beyond immediate technical responsibilities.
• Key Impact: Under leadership, transformed Tranzer from a small-scale mobility platform to a high-volume ticketing engine processing 20,000+ daily tickets, supported by a 160% larger engineering team and delivering exponential user growth through strategic app revamp.

Feb 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Tranzer is a platform that provides MAAS (Mobility as a Service), the platform consists of a mobile app and an API that helps third party apps like 9292OV with public transport ticketing, micro mobility and car sharing solutions.
• Developed core features for Tranzer's MAAS (Mobility as a Service) platform, building mobile applications and API integrations that enabled seamless public transport ticketing, micro-mobility, and car-sharing solutions for partners like 9292OV.
• Architected scalable React Native applications using Redux state management and implemented comprehensive testing strategies with Jest and RN testing library, reducing production bugs by 60%.
• Contributed to full-stack development using Python/Django REST framework, Redis caching, and AWS infrastructure, optimizing the ticketing engine to handle the initial scale from hundreds to thousands of daily tickets.
• Established robust CI/CD pipelines with CircleCI and Bitrise, reducing deployment time from hours to minutes.
• Key Impact: Laid the technical foundation that supported the platform's early growth and enabled seamless ticket processing for thousands of daily users.

Jul 2018 – Jan 2019 · 6 mos

• Took technical ownership of major enhancements to Centraal Beheer Achmea's AOV platform, along side the integration of a comprehensive blog system into Aiden's website architecture. Spearheaded the complete revamp of the backend Drools engine, improving processing efficiency and maintainability of complex insurance logic.
• Established robust test harness frameworks using Jest, Enzyme, JUnit, and Mockito, significantly improving code quality and deployment confidence. Implemed Docker containerization and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines that streamlined the development workflow.

Sep 2017 – Jun 2018 · 9 mos

• Aiden provides solutions for the finance and retail sector, among other things we build online smart forms and chatbots that guide the user through a process of obtaining, for example, a mortgage or an insurance.
• In this role I've contributed to development of the extensive AOV (Disability insurance) tool for Centraal Beheer Achmea, building sophisticated chatbots and smart forms to guide users through complex business liability insurance processes.
• Developed responsive frontend components using React.js, Next.js, and CSS/SASS while implementing comprehensive testing with Jest and Enzyme. Worked on full-stack features using Java/Spring and Drools engine architecture. Supported the development of user-friendly interfaces that simplified complex insurance workflows for thousands of business customers.

Jul 2011 – Apr 2017 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Schiphol

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