Jef Van Hoyweghen

Staff Engineer @ Showpad

Germany

About

Staff Software Engineer with a fullstack skillset and a passion for building intuitive and scalable frontend solutions. Based in Germany, I bring years of experience in crafting seamless user experiences while staying up-to-date with the latest in technology. Beyond coding, I enjoy exploring the intersection of tech and sports, always looking for ways to blend innovation with the things I love.

Experience

  • Showpad (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Staff Engineer @ Showpad
      Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

      Partnering with engineering and product leadership to shape technical direction across clusters. Driving architectural initiatives, mentoring peers, and enabling cross-team alignment to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.

    • Engineering Lead
      Apr 2020 - Oct 2024 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Managed multiple teams in the Sales Content Management area. Drove technical strategy, coached engineers and leads, and aligned product and engineering goals to scale Showpad’s platform effectively.

    • Team Lead Engineering
      Jan 2020 - Mar 2020 · 3 mos

      Led a development team within the Sales Content Management cluster. Balanced hands-on coding with mentoring, sprint planning, and fostering collaboration to ensure timely delivery of impactful features.

  • Social Seeder (Vilvoorde, Vlaanderen, België)
    • Development Lead
      Oct 2016 - Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Lead of the Social Seeder Development Team. We maintain our SaaS-platform and develop new features. Back-end PHP & front-end Angular.js development.

    • Full Stack-ontwikkelaar
      Jun 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Part of the Social Seeder Development Team. We maintain our SaaS-platform and develop new features. Back-end PHP & front-end HTML, Sass & Vue.js development.

  • Intern at Deceuninck
    Feb 2015 - Jun 2015 · 5 mos

    Design and develop an inspiration module for the Deceuninck website where customers can view existing projects of all different kind of products.