Gijs Lebesque

Gijs Lebesque has a diverse work experience in the tech industry. Gijs is currently working as a Full Stack Developer at Urbantz, a SaaS delivery management platform. In this role, they are responsible for planning, optimizing, and executing last-mile deliveries for retailers and logistics companies.

Prior to that, Gijs worked as a Full Stack Developer at The Main Ingredient, where they built various products from scratch using Typescript, Nodejs, React, and GraphQL. Gijs implemented WebSockets to create real-time applications and increased scalability by implementing a Redis pub/sub system.

Previously, they were a Frontend Developer at Finaps, where they helped build software for large enterprises using React and Apollo GraphQL. Gijs wrote test scripts to ensure complex business logic and maintained a consistent look and visual theme across the web applications.

Before their frontend role, Gijs worked as a Lead Teacher at Ironhack, where they taught web development fundamentals and helped students learn the MERN stack. Gijs also worked as a Frontend Developer at Solar Captus, where they built a white-label React front-end for a SaaS sales platform for the solar industry.

Gijs also has experience in various teaching roles, including being a Teacher Assistant at the New York Code + Design Academy and working as a Redacteur at Amongst Friends and VICE Media, Inc.

Overall, Gijs Lebesque has a strong background in full stack development, teaching, and working with SaaS platforms in the tech industry.

Gijs Lebesque started their education history in 2009 at Inholland University of Applied Sciences, where they pursued a propedeuse degree in Biologie en medisch laboratoriumonderzoek. In 2010, they transferred to the University of Amsterdam and earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Media en Cultuur in 2014. The following year, from 2014 to 2015, Gijs pursued a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Television and Cross-Media Culture at Universiteit van Amsterdam. In 2015, they continued their postgraduate studies at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in Media Studies (research) and earning another Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in 2016. In 2016, they also enrolled at the New York Code + Design Academy for a web development intensive with JavaScript.