I'm Sander Horen, a senior software engineer from the Netherlands with 10+ years building multi-tenant SaaS platforms, payment systems, cloud-native apps, and AI-powered products. I specialize in delivering robust, scalable software with strong tenant isolation, security and compliance. I enjoy mentoring engineers and guiding products from MVP to production. I thrive on solving complex problems with modern stacks like React, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Stripe, and I balance rapid delivery with long-term maintainability and reliability.

Sander Horen Dongen

I'm Sander Horen, a senior software engineer from the Netherlands with 10+ years building multi-tenant SaaS platforms, payment systems, cloud-native apps, and AI-powered products. I specialize in delivering robust, scalable software with strong tenant isolation, security and compliance. I enjoy mentoring engineers and guiding products from MVP to production. I thrive on solving complex problems with modern stacks like React, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Stripe, and I balance rapid delivery with long-term maintainability and reliability.

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I’m Sander Horen, a senior software engineer from the Netherlands with 10+ years building multi-tenant SaaS platforms, payment systems, cloud-native apps, and AI-powered products. I specialize in delivering robust, scalable software with strong tenant isolation, security and compliance. I enjoy mentoring engineers and guiding products from MVP to production.

I thrive on solving complex problems with modern stacks like React, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Stripe, and I balance rapid delivery with long-term maintainability and reliability.

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Language

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Micap AI
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2024
Led architecture and production hardening of SaaS platforms using React, Node.js, PostgreSQL and cloud-native services. Designed multi-tenant data models and tenant isolation strategies with PostgreSQL security controls. Built payment and subscription workflows with Stripe-based billing models and recurring revenue management. Reviewed and refactored AI-generated code to improve maintainability and scalability. Implemented CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and automated deployment processes to accelerate release cycles.
Senior Software Engineer at Babarians Arnhem
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2024
Delivered cloud-native SaaS applications, led event-driven architectures with Kafka, developed secure authentication, authorization, and audit logging. Designed scalable payment and booking workflows supporting transactional revenue models and subscriptions.
Software Engineer at Webstacks
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2020
Developed full-stack web applications using React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL; created reusable APIs for booking and e-commerce; implemented Docker-based deployment workflows and cloud automation; collaborated with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions; optimized performance and monitoring.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Tilburg University
August 1, 2011 - May 1, 2016

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Software & Internet, Professional Services

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