Bastiaan van der Plaat

Software Engineer

Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands

About

Hey, my name is Bastiaan van der Plaat, my hobby's are programming and scouting. Personal website: bplaat.nl | GitHub profile: github.com/bplaat

Experience

  • Software Engineer at Bluon Technology b.v.
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Currently contributing to Full-Stack projects with focus on Back-end development, Web front-ends, native Android development and AI integration

  • Gap year at Career Break
    Mar 2025 - Oct 2025 · 8 mos

    I took some time off to travel, hiking the first section of the Appalachian Trail until Virginia state border, and to focus on hobby projects, including my Rust crates collection and contributing to open-source projects like SerenityOS

  • Software Engineer at Technolution
    Sep 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

    I have been employed by Technolution from September 2023 till February 2025. I helped with various Rust back-ends, embedded projects and Angular front-ends within the company. I also contributed to internal company guilds that develop and manage software, and collect knowledge for use for projects and products.

  • DevOps Engineer at Axoft IT & Telecom B.V.
    Sep 2022 - Jul 2023 · 11 mos

    Working on an in-house project at Axoft, mostly doing full-stack web development with Node.js and React and CI/CD on the Azure cloud platform

  • Graduation Intern at Technolution
    Feb 2023 - Jun 2023 · 5 mos

    Graduation internship at the High Assurance wing, researching embedded Rust async frameworks for the Frenox RISC-V platform