# 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: https://path.cv/maarten2424

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## Experience

### CTO at Wax Poetics
*Jan 2024 – Present*

Building a music collectible platform focused on preserving and growing music culture. Led development of auction software and commerce flows.

### Lead Engineer at Swell
*Jan 2022 – Jan 2025*

Owned and improved developer documentation and built/maintained search integration. Contributed to a block-based visual store builder and the Swell Apps ecosystem.

### Lead Developer at Wonderland
*Jan 2017 – Jan 2022*

Delivered interactive, design-forward web experiences for a range of clients and campaigns. Partnered closely with design to keep craft and performance high.

### Interaction Design & Development at Artificial Rome
*Jan 2015 – Jan 2016*

Built interaction-heavy web experiences and product sites for clients including Siemens, Sennheiser, and TWC.

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## Skills

Leadership · Product Engineering · React · Svelte · JavaScript · TypeScript · Shopify Development · Technical Writing

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## Projects

### Motardella - Founder

Creative community workshop: restoration of motorcycles, tinkering/welding/creating, events

[View Project →](https://www.instagram.com/motardella)

### Dutch Civilian Action - Logistics Volunteer

We collect goods, distribute them ourselves, work with local partners in Ukraine, and engage with the people we help to understand their needs.

[View Project →](https://www.dutchcivilianaction.nl/)

### Hack Your Future - Mentor / Teacher

We train refugees for tech careers with an intensive coding program, career coaching and specialization tracks in front-end, back-end, cloud

[View Project →](https://hackyourfuture.net/)

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## Education

### ICT & Media Design in ICT & Media Design
*Fontys Eindhoven*
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016