Who I am

Senior Software Engineer Dries Hoet MScEng Computer Sciences

I am a Passionate Senior Software Engineer with over 15 years of expertise in Java development and extensive experience in IoT, back-end and mobile applications.

Looking at development as it being an Art, I am very much invested into building solutions that are versatile, qualitative and technically ingenious. I also value looking at a problem from a functional or architectural point of view, which resulted in several side-steps in these domains during my career.

I am a fast learner, open minded and flexible. I have a passion for coaching and a supportive leadership style. I value team spirit highly and I am very curious for cutting edge technologies.

What I do

I am an independent Software Engineering consultant, focused on development of Java software, working fully remote for various projects. My core skills are:

My language skills are:

Previous projects

Below is a list of the major projects I worked on. Remark that I worked for most of them through previous jobs, before Appa & Co. LTD. was founded.

  • Maintenance of the public website of the company.
  • Roles: Full Stack Java Developer, Analyst, Technical Team Lead.
  • Maintenance of the public website of the company.
  • Roles: Front-End developer.
  • Enhancement of the internet banking application.
  • Design and development of a new backend application in the payments domain, with very high performance and availability requirements.
  • Roles: Full Stack Java Developer, Co-Team Lead, Technical Analyst.
  • Migration of old ESB to new technology.
  • Roles: Technical Team Lead, Functional Analysis, Assisting Software Architect
  • Datacenter migration.
  • Roles: Migration Lead for a set of related applications.
  • Development of a Home Automation solution. The product consisted of a Smart Home Controller, Android and iOS mobile applications, and a set of IoT end devices to perform tasks in the home. The system supported several IoT protocols, including ZigBee and HomeMatic IP.
  • Roles: Senior Software Engineer.
  • Development of software solutions for the buses used for passenger transport by PostAuto Switzerland. One part was the software that runs on the buses, providing information for passengers, sales of tickets, geolocation, communication and more. The second part was the backend, which supported the frontend applications and provided various monitoring systems and planning tools.
  • Roles: Senior Java DevOps Software Engineer.

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