Niels Kootstra
Senior Software Engineer
Software engineer at Just Eat Takeaway based in Borne, The Netherlands. I build the backend that has to stay up when half the country suddenly wants on a Friday night.
C#, TypeScript, React, and Python professionally. I reach for Effect when TypeScript's type system isn't enough. Before food delivery, I shipped systems across ecommerce, healthcare, and law enforcement. The domains change, the requirements don't.
Learning Swift, experimenting with compound engineering, and using Mastra for AI workflows.
When I'm not coding: football, video games, and way too much electronic music.