Co-founded a two-sided marketplace connecting people with social and hobby clubs in Amsterdam. Grew to 3,000 monthly active users organically. Full-stack development with Next.js, Supabase, and Playwright.

Freelance Next.js Developer at DevJoe

November 1, 2025 - Present

Building web applications for startups and businesses: marketing sites with headless CMS (Sanity, Contentful), full-stack SaaS products, and API integrations. End-to-end product development from database design to deployment, including authentication, payments, and real-time features.

Software Engineer II at Booking.com

May 1, 2022 - November 1, 2025

Launched Booking.com's first AI Trip Planner, integrated with ChatGPT API to deliver personalized travel recommendations. Led ideation and implementation of a neighborhood feature on search results, resulting in a €19.7M/year increase in customer equity. Built no-code recommendation carousel, reducing marketing time-to-market from 2 weeks to 2 days.

Software Engineer I at Appical

November 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022

Led migration from JSP to React and TypeScript for flagship product, resulting in 200% improvement in feature implementation time. Developed OpenID Connect authentication flow, improving security and efficiency of JWT token handling.

Software Engineer Intern at IBM

July 1, 2019 - September 1, 2021

Built a performance review platform used by all early career personnel at IBM UK (5,000+ active users). Modernized IBM Network Operations Insight, converting Web GUI to React with E2E and unit testing.