Roel Bruggink

Python software developer with 21+ years experience in closed and open source web application development

Skills

Web	21+ years
Python	17+ years; Plone, Django, Django-Oscar, Pyramid, Flask, Zope, Grok
Frontend	Typescript, Javascript, Angular
Backend	Python
CI/CD/builds	Jenkins, github actions
Data access	SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL), NoSQL (ZODB, REDIS)
Project management style	Scrum; agile; fixed-price, scope and/or time
Language	Dutch (native), English (full professional)

Able to step in into most web projects using mainstream software stacks.

Project history

When	Where
2025-	Lab Digital
Diverse set of web applications ranging from simple content sites to e-commerce shops with multiple mobile apps as frontends.
2024-2025	Sky Medical Group (via Vicktor)
Python / Django RIS application. MRI scan data transformation. TWIIN network connector.
2023	Kitconcept
Plone web projects
2023	PNZ-Produkte GmbH
Plone web project
2019-2023	Minddistrict (NL/DE/EN)
Developed in and lead one of the product teams. Product teams had backend devs, frontend devs, UX expert, QA expert, mobile devs. We built software for mental healthcare, privacy and security needed more attention then usual. The tech stack used server driven UI to allow web, Android and iOS apps work more alike and share more logic. Contributed in Leadership sessions for the whole Product circle where we provided feedback on and for others in a leadership position.
2020	Four Digits
Plone intranet hosted on Windows with SSO
2018-2020	Highbiza
SAAS Webshop - fully managed but customizable webshops which have all dependencies explicitly controlled. Django/Wagtail/PostgreSQL/Varnish/Elastic search
2017-2019	Kitconcept (Germany/Switzerland/India)
Plone based Enterprise social intranet; backend coding + reviewing frontend Angular (1) code + guiding new developers.
2017-2019	Lab Digital (Utrecht, NL)
Multiple Wagtail based projects
2017-2019	Lukkien (Ede, NL)
Multiple Django, Django-Oscar and/or Wagtail projects
2008-2017	Four Digits
Worked as part of a team or solo on a wide variety of web applications. Small to midsize public websites; frontend theming as well as backend programming. Mission critical portals and intranets; theming, backend, workflows, API integration. Data migrations from SQL to NoSQL. Real time bidding using Web sockets. Designed and implemented HTTP/JSON API endpoints.
2008-2017	Lukkien (via Four Digits)
Worked as part of a team on cross media projects. Designed and implemented HTTP/JSON API endpoints. Theming
2008-2017	Avira (via Four Digits)
Worked as part of an international team. On-site in Germany, remote in Arnhem (NL). Frontend; obviel JS (react like), HTML, CSS, websockets. Backend; async Python using Tornado.
2004-2008	A&M ImpacT Internetdiensten
Public facing websites, frontend theming, PHP/MySQL backend. Mission critical portals; theming, backend, workflows, API integration.

Community work

2016 - 2025	Wagtail CMS
Contributor Attended multiple sprints
2008 - 2024	Plone CMS
Core developer for the Plone CMS project; development, discussions, improvement proposals Framework team member; review and accept Plone improvement proposals. Organized multiple development sprints Attended many development sprints Part of the driving group behind the Plone REST API and Plone React-based UI

Education

2013	PRINCE2 Practitioner License P2R/NLPB178251
2006	Bachelor of ICT Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN University of Applied Sciences)