Hi, I’m Angelo van Meurs.

I work with

About me:
My development career has its roots in being a high school script kid by automating math assignments. Now I’m a professional developer.

I’m an autodidact – I’ve taught myself most that I know. After starting a course in UX, I decided a bachelor in IT was a better match. This is still a work in progress. Still, I believe that there is no substitute for intrinsic motivation and a curious mind, regardless of education.

I strongly believe a solid foundation is essential for delivering value. This means my horizon is broad: Through projects I've learned about software development, Linux servers, networking, embedded systems and C.

Through professional experience I've sharpened my backend development skills, picked up frontend development, learned to work in a team and solidified my work ethic.

On a more personal note: I love to be in nature. I enjoy hiking and camping. I like books that make me think and things that challenge my preconceived notions.

I try to spend some of my off time to develop hobby projects. For example, my website is hosted on a little converted NAS-server that I flashed with Linux. Also, I test website accessibility for people with a limitation for Stichting Voorall. Because of my technical expertise, I am one of the few that also helps examining endpoint safety.

Work
Experience

10/22 - present
Lotify
Backend Developer
Responsible for maintaining and extending the lottery- and giveaway hosting PaaS ecosystem. This includes but is not limited to extending the authorization and authentication processes, adding new functionalities and creating robust and properly tested API endpoints. I also help with frontend development.

Python / Vue / AWS / Docker / GraphQL / SQL / SQLAlchemy / Git
- Take on large and complex tasks independently whilst being able to coordinate with the rest of the team;
- Develop in a full stack context. This could mean either coordinating and anticipating frontend developers’ requirements or implementing those myself;
- Research and design proof of concepts for ventures that require new technologies;
- Review and approve merge requests of coworkers;
- Help and assist junior developers;
- Be able to quickly switch between tasks while staying organized.

02/19 - 09/19
Direct Result
Door-to-Door Customer Acquisition
Brand Representation

07/18 - 11/18
People Marketing
Door-to-Door Customer Acquisition
Brand Representation

Education

09/21 - 06/22
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
HBO fulltime - Network & Systems Engineering
Java / SQL / Database Modelling / Embedded C / Mathematical Logic / PLC / Networking
- 8.4 – Java Programming;
- 8.2 – Embedded C Programming (ATMega128p, ZUMO v1, Arduino);
- 9.0 – Networking Project (as seen in my portfolio);
- 8.5 – Routing & Switching (equivalent to Cisco CCNA Certificate);
- The board of student organisation Equinox was suggested by employees to solicit me to become chairman of the next board because of my passion and social skills;
- Often assisted the teacher, helping fellow students;

09/19 - 09/20
Grafisch Lyceum
MBO - UX-Design

Certifications

02/24
Google Cybersecurity
Google
Python / Linux / SQL / Network Security

Skills

Backend
Python
SQL / SQLAlchemy
REST / GraphQL

Frontend
Javascript / Vue
HTML / CSS

Server
Linux / Ubuntu
Networking

Other
Git / Github / Gitlab
Scrum / Agile
C / Embedded C
Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign

Projects

Python - Algorithm
Maze Solving Algorithm | GitHub | Image

Python - Flask Web Application
Absense - Qualitative Student Absence Monitor | GitHub | Video (5m) | Live Demo
ERD / Python / Flask / MySQL / Javascript / HTML / CSS
I created a web application that records student absence and shows a clean overview for employees. Students are able to log in and explain why they are late. Employees can view student details and get quantitative as well as qualitative data regarding their absence.

Python - API Scraper
Threaded Shopify Catalog Snapshot Software
Python / SQLite3 / Threading / Shopify API
I created a web scraper that downloads all data from a Shopify web shop. These snapshots are timestamped and can be compared to other snapshots to measure sales (vintage items can only sell once).

Image download requests are threaded to continue processing while downloading to significantly reduce runtime (from days to hours).

C - Text Based Game
Ascii Tetris | GitHub | Image
C / Memory Management / VLA / Virtual Clock Cycle
Game to be played in Windows command prompt. Mimics the original Tetris game but doesn’t include a GUI. I didn’t allow myself to view any code snippets and made some tweaks to the game to prove this, such as using a 4x4 shape matrix instead of 3x3, allowing the user to set the field height/width and adding extra shapes.

Network
Cisco Company Network | Zip (36MB) | Image
Cisco / VLAN / NAT / EIGRP / HSRP / STP / WAP
For a school assignment I led my team through the design, implementation and configuration of a Cisco company network composing of 4 redundant locations in a ring topology and is meant to support about 100 end-points with room for expansion.

Switches are configured to use spanning tree protocol and multilayer switches also use hot standby routing protocol to prevent a SPOF while also load-balancing when both are functional.