Adriaan De Bolle — Engineer & Founder

Engineer & Founder

Engineering at every scale.
Molecules to systems.

AWS-certified engineer and entrepreneur based in Belgium. I design, build and ship full-stack products end-to-end — combining software engineering, process thinking, and product leadership. Eight years of hands-on delivery.

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Years experience

Languages spoken

200k+

App users reached

€130k

Investment raised

Expertise

Four pillars.
One person.

Most specialists live in one quadrant. I work across all four — which means I can architect a cloud system, run a DMAIC improvement session, lead a product team, and ship a React feature. The combination of software and process engineering is rare. It's what makes me useful.

Software Engineering

Full-stack · Cloud · AI / ML

React & React Native Node.js PHP / Laravel Python / FastAPI AWS SAM & Lambda Supabase Docker LLMs · AWS Bedrock Recommender Systems

Solutions Architect

Strategy · Design · Leadership

Software Architecture API & DB Design Cloud Infrastructure Digital Strategy Tech Stack Selection CTO ad interim

Process Engineering

LSS Black Belt · DMAIC · Optimisation

Lean Six Sigma BB DMAIC Data Analysis Process Optimisation KPI Dashboards Mathematical Modelling

Product & PM

Agile · Delivery · Cross-functional

Agile Leadership Product Management Cross-functional Delivery Stakeholder Management Decision Making Full Project Lifecycle

Better Tomorrow Entrepreneurial Drive Make Things Better Embrace Diversity

Selected Work

Products I've built.

Founder · Startup

UNBLND

Social discovery platform connecting people worldwide on shared interests. Group recommenders and language models surface the right people — not the most popular ones.

200k+

Registered accounts

€130k

Investment raised

React NativeNode.js AWS BedrockRecommendersimec.istart

Full-Stack Product Engineer

CarManager

B2B vehicle auction platform for Belgian car dealers. Real-time bidding, auction management, dealer dashboards, and automated vehicle data pipelines — built solo.

Solo

Architecture to deploy

Real-time

Auction bidding

ReactAWS SAM SupabaseDockerPlaywright

Software Architect · Technical Founder

Synt

Co-owner association management software — web dashboard and mobile app — built from scratch as sole engineer. Full front-end, back-end, and cloud from day one.

Products shipped

0→1

Solo build

ReactReact Native PHPAWS

Software Lead · Freelance

Contour Lab

Personalised product recommendation engine for fashion webshops. Managed client integrations and cloud infrastructure end-to-end. Onboarded 2 enterprise clients.

Enterprise clients

MLRecommendersCloud Integration

Career

Where I've been.

2019
→ now

Self-Employed

Manengo bv · Belgium

Freelance software consultancy. Full-stack delivery across Belgium — from architecture to production — in roles from Software Lead to CTO ad interim.

2021
→ now

Founder

Ubigreat bv · UNBLND

Founded and scaled UNBLND to 200,000+ registered users. Secured €130,000 in investment and joined the imec.istart accelerator. Currently rebuilding as v2 with a dual-community architecture.

2024
→ 2025

Teacher

Atheneum Caroline Pauwels · Brussels

Taught advanced physics and engineering (45%). Mentored one student to enroll in Informatics at VUB.

2017
→ 2018

Value Stream Engineer

Cytiva (Pall / Danaher) · France & Belgium

Cross-functional liaison across Production, Quality, Sales and Logistics. Automated logistics controls via Excel VBA. Combined process and software expertise to tackle production breakdowns.

2016

Process Engineering Intern

BASF · Ludwigshafen, Germany

Optimised energy usage and built a real-time monitoring tool at the EO-plant. Formulated KPI visualisations over large datasets in a custom Siemens environment.

About

Engineer.
Founder.
Human.

I'm a (bio)chemical engineering graduate from KU Leuven who found his calling at the intersection of technology and human connection. I build products that help people find each other — end-to-end, from system architecture to production deployment.

I've been a guardian for unaccompanied refugee minors, a secondary school physics teacher, an exchange student in Montréal, and a volunteer in dementia care. I think the best engineers understand people first.

Currently based in Antwerp, Belgium. Open to consultancy, engineering/freelance work, co-founder conversations, and interesting problems.

AWS Solutions Architect Lean Six Sigma Black Belt imec.istart portfolio company Green Sharks Finalist YTILI Innovation Leader Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

"The best engineers understand people first."

Languages

Dutch

Native

French

English

German

Spanish

Chinese

Engineering at every scale.Molecules to systems.

Four pillars.One person.