Backend engineer, working with distributed systems.
I build reliable services in Go and PostgreSQL for teams that need to scale without losing their minds. Based in Amsterdam, available for select projects.
What I do
Backend services
HTTP and gRPC services in Go. Strong typing, clear contracts, careful error handling. No magic.
Data plumbing
PostgreSQL schema design, indexing, query tuning. Event pipelines with Kafka or NATS when they fit.
Production reliability
Tracing, structured logs, SLOs. Less paging, faster recovery, fewer surprises in incident reviews.
Recent writing
- Cutting tail latency on a Postgres-backed feed — case study
- A small Go pattern for batch processing — notes
- Why we moved metrics off CloudWatch — retrospective