Hylke Visser

Building backend systems and cloud infrastructure for large-scale LoRaWAN IoT networks. API designer. Go developer. Cloud architect. Coffee drinker.

Hylke Visser is a skilled professional with a strong background in building cloud systems and architectures.

As the Lead Software Engineer at The Things Industries, Hylke is known for his responsibilities in designing and implementing The Things Stack, an open-source LoRaWAN Network Server, and managing global LoRaWAN networks.

He specializes in Go programming language, gRPC, RESTful APIs, and works with various databases including PostgreSQL and Redis, as well as cloud datastores and pub/sub systems.

Hylke excels in deploying applications as Docker containers on platforms like Docker Swarm, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, and Google Cloud Functions, using Terraform to manage infrastructure across different cloud providers.

With an impressive educational background, Hylke holds Master of Science degrees in Distributed Systems and Services, as well as Cloud Infrastructures, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

He has showcased his expertise through roles such as Lead Software Engineer at The Things Industries, Core Team Member at The Things Network, and Cloud Architect at various organizations.

Although not actively involved in frontend development currently, Hylke is open to working on it as well, showcasing his versatility in the field of IT.

For more insights into his work, you can explore Hylke's GitHub profile.