# Maarten Vleugels

> Engineering Leader and Product-minded Developer | Rome, Italy

Hands-on engineering leader with and product-minded developer with a background in interaction design. I build and ship fast, maintainable web products across e-commerce, content, and media.


## Profile Data
- [Profile](https://path.cv/maarten2424): Full professional profile
- [facts.json](https://path.cv/maarten2424/facts.json): Structured JSON with professional data
- [profile.md](https://path.cv/maarten2424/profile.md): Markdown resume

## Current
CTO at Wax Poetics

## Experience
- CTO at Wax Poetics (Jan 2024 – Present)
- Lead Engineer at Swell (Jan 2022 – Jan 2025)
- Lead Developer at Wonderland (Jan 2017 – Jan 2022)
- Interaction Design & Development at Artificial Rome (Jan 2015 – Jan 2016)

## Skills
Leadership, Product Engineering, React, Svelte, JavaScript, TypeScript, Shopify Development, Technical Writing

## Projects
- [Motardella - Founder](https://www.instagram.com/motardella): Creative community workshop: restoration of motorcycles, tinkering/welding/creating, events
- [Dutch Civilian Action - Logistics Volunteer](https://www.dutchcivilianaction.nl/): We collect goods, distribute them ourselves, work with local partners in Ukraine, and engage with the people we help to understand their needs.
- [Hack Your Future - Mentor / Teacher](https://hackyourfuture.net/): We train refugees for tech careers with an intensive coding program, career coaching and specialization tracks in front-end, back-end, cloud

## Education
- ICT & Media Design in ICT & Media Design, Fontys Eindhoven