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Full-Stack & Platform Engineer | Founder | SaaS & AI Products

Netherlands
Only remote
Self-taught engineer. Founded my first company at 16; 10+ years building production systems hands-on
Netherlands
Only remote
Self-taught engineer. Founded my first company at 16; 10+ years building production systems hands-on

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Platform & Infrastructure Engineering
Expertise in hosting platforms, control panels, deployment pipelines, Linux and LiteSpeed servers, domain management, Docker, MicroVMs, multi-tenant isolation built from scratch using Linux namespaces, cgroups, storage and process isolation.

Backend & API Development
Proficiency in Python/Django and Go services, REST API design, CLI tooling, job queues, webhooks, parallel processing, Node.js, Bytenode, and command-line tools built for both humans and AI agents.

AI in Production
Hands-on experience with Anthropic API (Claude) and LLM features in production environments, including AI pricing assistants, AI web generation, and AI incident updates.

Frontend Development
Strong command of React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Smarty, responsive and accessible UI design, WordPress architecture with reusable parent themes and custom plugins.

Security & Authentication
Server and application hardening, ModSecurity (WAF), TOTP two-factor authentication, passwordless login, API tokens, HMAC-signed webhooks, payload encryption, rate limiting, incident response and recovery of compromised or broken systems.

Product & Growth Engineering
Pricing engines, Stripe payments (cards, iDEAL, webhooks), client portals, cookie-free A/B testing, conversion funnels, attribution, technical SEO, multilingual sites (i18n, hreflang), privacy-by-design analytics.

Databases & Caching
Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and Memcached for production-grade data storage and caching solutions.

Cloud & Edge
Deployment and management on AWS, Google Cloud, and Cloudflare Workers (Wrangler) for scalable and distributed systems.

Web Servers
Configuration and management of LiteSpeed (LSWS), Apache, Nginx, Caddy, and reverse proxies for high-performance web serving.

Mail Infrastructure
Self-hosted mail at production scale using Postfix, Dovecot, and deliverability configurations including SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.

Hosting & Billing
WHMCS module development, credit-based billing, reseller and affiliate systems, and commission ledgers for hosting businesses.

WordPress Development
Custom themes, parent/child architecture, Gutenberg blocks, many custom plugins, WooCommerce, WP-CLI, and LiteSpeed Cache integration.

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2016

Languages

EnglishNative speaker

Project history

Founder, sole engineer

Themecut
Agentic AI web design engine: complete multi-page websites from one prompt, as WordPress block pages, standalone HTML/CSS/JS or via API. WordPress plugin, npm CLI, REST API with 20+ endpoints, parallel AI photo generation, HMAC-signed webhooks, white-label WHMCS/cPanel provisioning, in-browser WordPress previews.

Founder, sole engineer

StatusSpy
Status pages, uptime monitoring, site health and SSL checks, AI incident updates, instant alerts. SaaS, built end to end.

Founder, sole engineer

Gelmy
Lead platform: local-business search, enrichment, verification, lists, team access, API. SaaS, built end to end.

Founder, sole engineer

Kickbytes platform
Trilingual agency site with an AI price engine on a deterministic rules engine, client portal, Stripe payments and partner program. WordPress custom theme and plugin, Stripe, Bayesian A/B engine, schema/hreflang.

Founder, lead architect

Hostoa
Hosting platform for businesses, in final pre-launch.

Founder, lead architect

Agentic hosting platform (undisclosed)
Next-generation agentic hosting platform, built for AI-driven deployment and management. Built in Go; details under embargo until launch in 2027.

Founder & Lead Engineer

Kickbytes (NL)
Websites, web apps, hosting and security for Dutch and German businesses; full sales and delivery platform built solo.

Founder & Lead Architect

Hosting platforms (undisclosed)
Built a full hosting stack from web server to panel to platform; approximately 6,000 premium clients; Go rebuild for agentic hosting.

Architect, engineer

15 production systems (under NDA)
Business-critical systems including a cybersecurity platform and a hosting site, live at multi-million companies.

Sole engineer

Restaurant website with reservations
Reservation flow with live availability, hold-anywhere-to-reserve gesture, light/dark mode. Built with Tailwind from scratch; now a reusable parent theme and base plugins.

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