Martin van Driel

Senior Software Engineer, iptiQ by Swiss Re

Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

• Led frontend architecture across multiple React applications used by customers, operations teams, and internal business users.
• Built a conversational interface on the OpenAI API that let users edit a data-driven frontend's configuration in natural language and preview changes live; a winning entry at an internal hackathon.
• Translated complex insurance rules into reliable product behaviour where edge cases carry real financial consequences, working directly with product and business teams.

Role continued under Allianz Direct following iptiQ’s acquisition in July 2025.

Lead Software Engineer, Overstappen.nl

Jun 2017 – Oct 2021 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Built an NLP-based Node.js chatbot service that let users sign up for energy contracts through real-time conversations on a custom-built web chat client and Facebook Messenger.
• Incrementally migrated a live AngularJS application to React with no disruption to a high-volume commercial flow.
• Consolidated a single-product frontend into a shared React codebase powering multiple verticals, white-label setups, and partner sites.

Senior Software Engineer, GDK Software

Jun 2006 – May 2017 · 11 yrs

Papendrecht, The Netherlands

Joined as the company's first employee and started its web development from scratch.

• Built custom full-stack web applications for clients in PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, including a complete planning system that integrated scheduling, email automation, and a print queue for physical mail.
• Built an in-house CMS and extended it over the years, using it as the foundation for every client website the company delivered; owned everything from the data model and authentication through to hosting.