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thijsheijden/README.md

Hi there 👋

Welcome to my Github profile! I am Thijs, a 25 year old software engineer from the Netherlands. Currently working as a backend engineer as part of the earners team @Uber in Amsterdam.

About me

  • Enjoy architecting scalable, reliable, fault-tolerant, and fast solutions for complex problems
  • Always looking for problems to solve using code
  • Enjoy building MVP's

Work Experience

  • iOS Developer @StuComm (Nov 2018 - Apr 2019)
  • iOS Developer @MediaMonks (Mar 2020 - Sep 2020)
  • Backend Engineer & Project Lead @GraphPolaris (Feb 2021 - Mar 2022)
  • Backend Engineer @ClipMoney (Jan 2022 - Feb 2025)
  • Research Intern @CWI (Feb 2025 - Aug 2025)
  • Backend Engineer @Uber (Sep 2025 - Present)

Education

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Utrecht University (2018 - 2021, 7.6 GPA)
  • Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Amsterdam (focus on Systems for Large-Scale Applications) (2023 - 2025, 8.7 GPA, 9.0 Thesis)

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  1. your-year-in-code your-year-in-code Public

    Like Spotify rewind, but for Github!

    TypeScript 16

  2. alice alice Public

    An AMQP wrapper for RabbitMQ. Provides some luxuries like automatic reconnecting and easier to manage producers and consumers.

    Go 6 1

  3. WWDC18-Scholarship-Submission WWDC18-Scholarship-Submission Public

    PictionAIry, my WWDC18 scholarship entry!

    Swift 1

  4. WWDC20 WWDC20 Public

    Apple WWDC20 scholarship submission. A Swift playground all about disease transmission and immunisation.

    Swift

  5. SearchVisualizer SearchVisualizer Public

    Visualising search algorithms. With a GUI fully written in Go.

    Go

  6. go-raytracer go-raytracer Public

    A ray tracer written in Go.

    Go