Rene van Dijk • Product-minded engineer
Shipping reliable experiences across the web, cloud, and edge.
I pair hands-on delivery with product sense—blending Blazor, .NET, and modern cloud to launch features that are measurable, inclusive, and fast.
Blazor & .NET
Cloud-native
AI-assisted delivery
DX & tooling
12+
years building products
28
launches shipped
6
teams led
2024 — Now
vandijk.ren
Principal Engineer · Freelance
Partnering with teams on product delivery, modern Blazor, and AI-assisted workflows.
- Modernizing Blazor front-ends with resilient UX patterns.
- Coaching teams on metrics-driven delivery and observability.
- Creating reusable UI kits and design tokens for faster iteration.
2021 — 2024
Scale-up / SaaS
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Led pods shipping customer-facing journeys with measurable adoption gains.
- Introduced feature flags and experimentation to de-risk releases.
- Scaled APIs with .NET; improved p95 latencies and reliability.
- Partnered with design to tighten accessibility and performance budgets.
2018 — 2021
Consulting partners
Lead Consultant · Product Delivery
Guided cross-functional teams to launch greenfield products.
- Delivered cloud-native backends with a CI/CD-first mindset.
- Built dashboards for adoption, churn, and operational health.
- Mentored engineers on code quality, reviews, and pairing.
2015 — 2018
Enterprise + Public Sector
Software Engineer
Owned features end-to-end across front-end and services.
- Introduced automated testing layers to reduce regressions.
- Optimized critical user journeys resulting in higher completion rates.
- Coordinated with stakeholders to keep scope grounded in outcomes.
2012 — 2015
Agency
Frontend & UX Engineer
Crafted interfaces with a focus on clarity and motion.
- Built reusable component libraries for multi-brand sites.
- Worked closely with designers on prototyping and user flows.
- Shipped performant experiences across devices.