Niels Hoogendoorn

iOS and product engineer with more than nine years of experience, currently senior iOS Engineer and Tech Lead for my product team at TicketSwap. I build and maintain the iOS app and its architecture, mentor juniors, and run our mobile team meetings. I also do technical interviews when we hire. Outside work I prototype side projects; one of them, LeesSimpel, won the Most Mind Blowing Award at the Amsterdam AI Hackathon in 2023.

Experience

1. Senior iOS Engineer · TicketSwap

   2020 — Present

   Amsterdam

   I develop and maintain the iOS app and its architecture, and I act as tech lead in my product team. My main focus lately has been on preparing our workflow for AI assisted coding. I also mentor junior developers, plan projects, run our mobile team meetings, and do technical interviews when we hire. We use SwiftUI for all new features.

2. iOS Engineer · Appical

   2017 — 2020

   Amsterdam

   Started my iOS career at Appical and helped rewrite the whole app from a web app into a native iOS one. Picked up Swift, the Apple platforms, and how a real product team ships software.

3. Mobile QA Engineer · Camarilla

   2016 — 2017

   Amsterdam

   Camarilla doesn't exist anymore (it got acquired by Appical), but at the time I owned QA for their mobile social network. I ran the test process and triaged bugs with the dev team.

4. Online Communication · Pakhuis de Zwijger

   2014 — 2016

   Amsterdam

   Pakhuis de Zwijger is an Amsterdam platform for social innovation. I ran their online communication: the website and the newsletters.

Education

1. Master New Media & Digital Culture · Universiteit Utrecht

   2012 — 2014

Awards

1. Most Mind Blowing Award · AI Hackathon Amsterdam

   Built LeesSimpel with a team, an iOS app that uses AI to make Dutch government letters and official paperwork easier to read.

   2023