Robert Blaauwendraad
MSc Student Data Science and AI | Software Engineer
Persona
Social and outgoing software engineer. Worked on projects with many different tech stacks. Programs for study, work and fun. As a quick learner I prefer to work on challenging projects.
Projects
SnapChef
Quarkus (Java) and Vue.js (TypeScript)
JSON Masker
Java
Beek Deuren Configurator
Vue.js, Node.js and Unity (C#)
Plate Integration on Zapier
Node.js
Skills
Java, Ruby (on Rails), C, C#, Unity, TypeScript, Vue.js, Node.js, PHP, Laravel, WordPress, Python, Django, SQL, Docker, Terraform, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Platform, and Firebase
Contact
Phone and e-mail address on request via LinkedIn
Education
2025 - Now
Radboud University Nijmegen
MSc Computing Science, spec. Data Science and AI
2025
Nanyang Technological University (SG)
Exchange / Minor, Computer Science
Courses: “Database System Principles”, “Machine Learning", “Software Security”, “Big Data Management”.
2021 - 2025
Radboud University Nijmegen
BSc Computing Science
Software & Data Science track.
Bachelor thesis: Evaluating Large Language Models for Code Smell Detection. Grade: 8
Work Experience
2026 - Now
Firsty
Software Engineer
Migrating core data, including wallets, partners and eSIMs, from Firestore to PostgreSQL. Building reliable cost and quality data per mobile network as the basis for network-switching decisions. Set up dbt for the data platform end to end, from data models to CI, deployments and Terraform infrastructure. Removed dead code from a main backend repository, shrinking it by 21%.
2020 - now
Blaauwendraad Development
Owner / Full-stack Developer
Developing a web configurator application using Vue.js, Node.js and Unity.
2024 - 2026
Suite Seven
Full-stack Developer
Maintained and extended Laravel and WordPress applications across the full development lifecycle, from bug fixes to infrastructure improvements.
2024
GiPHouse
Software Engineer
Developed PubHubs, a communication application, as part of the Software Engineering course. Focused on implementing polling and datepicker functionality while following the Scrum methodology. Grade: 9
2021 - 2023
Plate
Software Developer
Developed a Zapier integration and AWS Lambda applications using Node.js. Implemented new features and optimizations in the Plate CMS using Ruby on Rails.
2019 - 2020
Suite Seven
Back-end Developer
Developed WordPress websites in PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.