Matthijs van Kesteren

Data & AI Engineer @ wolk | Building databaas ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ | Databricks Champion

Maarssen, Utrecht, Netherlands

About

I thrive on creating modern data solutions that accelerate sustainable innovations. Currently at Wolk where we grew tired of American SaaS lock-in. That's why we are building databaas (databaas.eu)- a European data platform alternative to platforms like Databricks and Snowflake. We deploy this at any European cloud or your own infra. Your data, your rules. Doing our part for European digital sovereignty ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

Experience

  • Lead Data & AI engineer at wolk
    Jun 2026 - Present ยท 2 mos

    Creating modern data solutions that accelerate sustainable innovations at diverse clients. We grew tired of American SaaS lock-in. That's why we are building databaas (databaas.eu)- a European data platform alternative to platforms like Databricks and Snowflake. We deploy this at any European cloud or your own infra. Your data, your rules. Doing our part for European digital sovereignty ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

  • Valcon (Hybrid)
    • Senior Principal Data Engineer | Databricks champion | Consultant
      Jan 2025 - May 2026 ยท 1 yr 5 mos

    • Principal Data Engineer | Databricks champion | Consultant
      Jul 2023 - Dec 2024 ยท 1 yr 6 mos

    • Senior Data Engineer | Consultant
      Jun 2021 - Jul 2023 ยท 2 yrs 2 mos

  • IT/Data Trainee at Yacht
    Nov 2018 - Oct 2019 ยท 1 yr

    Three year traineeship centered around working on data science and big data projects for Randstad companies

  • Junior Data Analyst at Geldmaat
    Nov 2018 - Oct 2019 ยท 1 yr

    First position as a part of my Yacht IT traineeship. At Geldmaat I was responsible for reporting and analytics of ATM performance using tools like SQL, Datameer and Tableau.

  • Intern at UMC Utrecht
    Jan 2018 - Sep 2018 ยท 9 mos

    Investigating and prioritizing structural genomic variation in cancer genomes using machine learning techniques. Group: Jeroen de Ridder Supervisor: Marleen Nieboer