Swen Kooij is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building scalable systems and shipping products in fast-growing startups. He joined Sector Labs as the first employee and helped grow it from a small team to ~50 people while leading development of two real-estate portals serving millions of users. Comfortable across C++, Python, Django, Qt/QML and embedded tooling, he has delivered high-performance media servers, firmware update flows, and SocketCAN integrations for e-bike drivetrains. Swen blends hands-on implementation with improving developer workflows—maturing CI/CD, tooling and release processes at multiple companies. Based in Gelderland, Netherlands, he thrives on turning complex technical constraints into reliable production systems and has a knack for connecting low-level engineering with user-facing product impact.
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