Summary
Rayta Van Rijswijk is a senior engineering manager at GitHub with a decade of experience bridging management and software development, based in Amsterdam. She excels at aligning engineering, product management, and C-level strategy to deliver on-time, scalable software while energizing teams. A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in tech, she actively organizes and hosts events through RailsGirls Nederland, EuRuKo, and Amsterdam.rb to grow the community. Her technical toolkit spans cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), modern containerization and CI/CD (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform), monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana), and full-stack development (Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, databases). With a background in HEAO and a reputation for strong communication, mediation, and mentorship, she makes complex projects move smoothly across multidisciplinary groups.
10 years of coding experience
HEAO, HEAO at Inholland University of Applied Sciences
English, Dutch, German, French