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Tijs V.

Senior Backend Developer

€600/day
Berlin, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Tijs

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and delivering data-intensive
platforms and APIs. Core expertise in PHP (Laravel, Symfony), with professional experience in
Java, Spring Boot, Python and Go, and deep knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, Docker, CI/CD,
and cloud infrastructure. Proven track record owning backend architecture end-to-end in small,
focused teams across Europe and Asia, from greenfield design to production. Based in Berlin,
available for freelance contracts and open to the right permanent opportunity.
  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Basic

Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
    Senior Software Engineer
    November 2025 - Today (7 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    • Architecting and building a climate data analysis platform on
    Laravel 12 and PostgreSQL+TimescaleDB, including migration
    from a legacy workflow to a modern Laravel-based system.
    • Set up and manage automated CI/CD pipeline, testing and
    cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible,
    Forgejo+Woodpecker CI, docker, git, etc.
    Laravel Docker CI/CD
  • Native Instruments
    Backend & DevOps Engineer
    TECH
    March 2024 - August 2025 (1 year and 5 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    • Set up and coordinate custom automated migration between various internal systems involving Ibexa, Typo3, Directus and others.
    • Take lead in overhaul of the local development environment used internally using Docker, Bash, Nginx and other tools to greatly improve stability, uniformity and performance for developers.
    • Work on custom GraphQL middleware layer using Bun.js and Typescript.
    PHP Docker GitHub automation Cloud computing
  • IT-Consultis Ltd
    Freelance Backend & DevOps Engineer
    E-COMMERCE
    September 2022 - December 2023 (1 year and 3 months)
    Hong Kong
    • Lead developer on an E-Commerce platform based on Magento and Symfony on the PHP LEMP stack and headless React front end. Running on an autoscaling cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes, and CI/CD using Gitlab CI.
    • Improve platform REST API response times by up to 80% by introducing various improvements such as microservices, query optimizations in MySQL RDS, caching strategies using REDIS and Nginx microcaching and asynchronous process handling.
    PHP Magento Gitlab Terraform Cloud computing

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Education

  • Bachelor of Arts
    University of Utrecht
    2013
    Bachelor of Arts (BA), History, International Relations
  • VWO, Nature & Technology
    Montessori College
    2003
    VWO, Nature & Technology

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