Daniel Vangrieken

Experienced Software Engineer & Project Manager Seeking Opportunities in High-Tech, Complex Environments

Dessel, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

I am an ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ with extensive experience since 1998, specializing in ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. My expertise includes building ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ-๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, and ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐-๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ / ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐-๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ. Analysis, designing interfaces, creating RESTful APIs and complex data models. I am well-versed in various domains, including ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ข๐  ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š, ๐ˆ๐จ๐“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐•๐จ๐ˆ๐, with a keen interest in ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐ž๐› and ๐€๐ˆ. Throughout my career, I have always worked in agile and ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฌ environments, thriving in very complex settings. I have taken on roles such as ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐, and ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ in addition to my role as a senior software engineer, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ towards achieving technical excellence. As a ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ with Autism Spectrum Syndrome (ASS), I bring unique analytical skills and a distinct perspective to my work. I excel at maintaining a ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ of ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ, ensuring that all components align with the overarching goals. My experience as a ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘&๐ƒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ has equipped me with the ability to effectively lead and coordinate development efforts. I am a ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ, always staying updated with the latest technological advancements and continuously seeking opportunities to expand my knowledge. My dedication to excellence and passion for innovative solutions drive me to deliver ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ in every project I undertake.

Experience

  • Senior Software Architect / Engineer at Breman Installatiegroep
    Sep 2024 - Present ยท 1 yr 10 mos

    As the sole software developer on this project, I am fully responsible for defining the software architecture and developing high-performance, robust, and scalable microservices for an ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐จ๐“ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‘๐…๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ฌ. The platform automate's production processes and provide real-time stock and logistics insights. Key components built: โ€ข ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ: Complete administration interface for managing NATS subjects, consumers, and KV stores. โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ: Tooling for executing tag detection and location-tracking test scenarios. โ€ข ๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: High-throughput processors that ingest and transform real-time data from RFID tag readers. โ€ข ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž: ZPL-based service to manage and control RFID printers for label generation. โ€ข ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ: Domain-specific engines to automate production workflows based on tag presence and location. โ€ข ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Integrations with external systems such as IFC production APIs. โ€ข ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ฎ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ : Shared libraries using Protobuf โ€ข ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐€๐“๐’ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ: Abstracted factory-driven system โ€ข ... ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐…๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐จ๐“ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ Programming in .NET 8.0 C#, for UI Blazor (Server-Side Rendering), NATS JetStream (streaming), NATS Key-Value Stores (state), RESTful APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud (Azure). ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ Software Architecture ยท Microservices ยท High Throughput Systems ยท Distributed Systems ยท Event-Driven Architecture ยท NATS JetStream ยท Key-Value Store ยท Protobuf ยท DevOps ยท IoT ยท RFID ยท Agile Scrum ยท CI/CD ยท Cloud-Native

  • Founder at Danva BV
    Oct 2007 - Present ยท 18 yrs 9 mos

    โ–ช All round Software developer with a main expertise in Greenfield Development / high volume low latency messaging systems / real time performance, scalable, resilience platforms and applications / VoIP / IoT /Telecom/ Open Source / Semantic Web / Data Spaces / Scala FP / Cloud Agnostic Development โ–ช Quality assurance for complex R&D setups and Software Validation. โ–ช Technical (R&D) Project Manager

  • Senior Software Engineer at CGVS/CGRA Official
    Jan 2024 - May 2024 ยท 5 mos

    ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ–ช Technical analysis to seamlessly integrate and automate Hybrid-Cloud solutions for processing refugee disputes. โ–ช Integrate Terraform module for Azure Event Hub โ–ช Technical -, Functional analysis, architectural proposals for intermediate and final replacement of JBOX WebInterface one which the support would end at Q4 - 2024

  • Software Engineer at sovity
    Apr 2023 - Aug 2023 ยท 5 mos

    ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž (I became Ill during the assignment) Design and implementation of software (both Open and Close Source Projects) to enable data sharing and data driven business models connecting companies in data ecosystems with a holistic Software-as-a-Service. Based on International Data Spaces (IDS) we provide all companies access to data sovereignty enabling them to create new business models and build innovative products. ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ Programming (Java, Typescript), Data Spaces (IDSA, GAIA-X), Eclipse EDC, SemanticWeb, Cloud (Azure). Project (Agile Scrum & Kanban,Git, MS Sharepoint).

  • Senior Software Developer - Architect / Senior Data Platform Engineer at Imec Vlaanderen
    Apr 2022 - Apr 2023 ยท 1 yr 1 mo

    ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ–ช Support Digitaal Vlaanderen and its third party integrator with knowledge on how to build the Vlaamse Smart Data Space (VSDS). Govern code and document quality on behalf of Digitaal Vlaanderen. โ–ช Participate in international projects like IDSA and GAIA-X to build up a data space knowledge competence center within the Imec EDiT Foundation team. ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ Programming (Scala, Java, Typescript, Python), Data Spaces (IDSA, GAIA-X), Eclipse EDC, Semantic Web (LD, JSON-LD, NGSI-LD, RDF, LDES, Solid, WebID), Cloud ( AWS, Azure), Project (Agile Scrum & Kanban, Jira, Confluence).