I'm Scarlett 🧑‍💻, a lifelong programmer and tech enthusiast with 12+ years of industry experience spanning Hosting | SaaS | Platform Integration projects. I specialize in complex backend assignments and thrive in high-performance computing, automation, and infrastructure. Frontend development is not my thing—I prefer to focus on deep backend optimizations, server architecture, and scalable solutions. I strongly prefer open-source technologies and avoid proprietary Microsoft/Google/Closed-Source solutions whenever possible.

For me, my philosophy would be: Right tool for the job, should be fast, should be maintainable, should be testable.

• 🚀 Exploring Kubernetes (k8s) ☨️ | Advanced Linux workflows 🐧 | Containerization 🛆
• 🏠 Refining my core skills in Python 🐍 | PHP 🐘 | Symfony | Laravel 🎯
• 🤔 Building automation tools 🤖 | Cool applications to streamline workflows ⚙️

• 🌐 Hosting & Server Automation → Built and improved production systems focused on telemetry-driven network automation 📱
• 🏅 SaaS & DevOps Leadership → Led backend teams 👨‍💻 | Modernized aging infrastructures 🏧 | Shaped technical strategy 🧬
• 🔒 Web Development & Security → Delivered custom security solutions 🛡 | Optimized performance ⚡ | Scaled systems 📈

Python 🐍 (3.x) | PHP 🐘 (5/7/8) | Bash 🖥️ | Micro-Python | C# ⚠ | GO ❌ | SQL 📊 | 🖍️ Markdown | 📂 YAML | 🛆 JSON | 🏠 XML

Laravel/Eloquent 🏠 | Flask 🍶 | CI/CD 🔄 | Docker 🐳 | Git/GitLab 🛠️ | RabbitMQ 🐇 | Elasticsearch 🔍 | Django 🏩 | QT5(6⚠) | GTK

Kubernetes (k8s) ☨️ | Microservices 🏣️ | Virtualization 🖥️ | Networking 🌐 | Server provisioning 🏧 | Fire-walling 🔥 | Programmatic networking 📱 | Infrastructure as Code (IaC) 📜 | Observability 🕵️‍♂️

MySQL 🐜 | PostgreSQL 🐘 | MongoDB 🎃 | Redis 🚀 | Memcached ⚡

Linux 🐧 | Netbox 📂 | IPspace 🌍 | Networking 💪 | Security 🔒 | Nginx 🚦 | HAProxy ⚖️ | REST APIs 🔗 | CRUD 🖍️ | MvC 🏩 | DBus

Zero Trust 🔒 | Vaults 🛢 | Secrets Management 🦯 | Secure Infrastructure 🏰 | Identity & Access Management (IAM) 🔑 | Threat Modeling 🛡 | Observability & Monitoring 📊

Performance Profiling 🎯 | Code Optimization ⚡ | Refactoring & Upgrading Legacy Code 🏢 | Best Practices Implementation 🤔 | Async Programming ⚡

Unit Testing 🧪 | Integration Testing 🔗 | End-to-End Testing 📍 | Robot Framework 🤖 | Automated Testing Pipelines ⚙️ | RabbitMQ Load Testing 🐇

Tech: Static/Duck typing 🦆 | Packaging 📦 | High Performance ⚡ | Multiprocessing 🔄 Interests:

• Airsoft 💥🔫
• Travel 🛩 (🇪🇺🇯🇵🇹🇼🇺🇸🇮🇸🇮🇹🇩🇪🇬🇧🇸🇪🇫🇮🇭🇰🇧🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸🇨🇦)
• Microelectronics & 3D Printing 🤖 | Robotics ⭐
• Space 🚀🪐
• Music 🎵🎸
• Green initiatives 🌺
• Sometimes video games (C-RPGs 🧙🏻‍♀️, Grand Strategy 🌍, Simulation, City/Empire builders 🏙️, RPGs 📊).
• Working out: Recently been doing 2H | 10-12KM walking to get into shape 🏃‍♀️

Learning: Geopolitics 🌍 | Foreign Affairs 🏩 | HPC 🖥️ | AI 🤖 | Programming 💻

🇳🇱Dutch/🇪🇺European Union Citizen → Available for global work or visa sponsorship | Languages: Dutch 🇳🇱 (Native) | English 🇬🇧 (Native) → Experienced in multilingual work environments 🌍

• Email: c2NhcmxldHQudmVyaGV1bEBnbWFpbC5jb20= 🔏
• GitHub: ScarlettSamantha 🐙
• LinkedIn: ScarlettVerheul 🔗
• GPG Key: scarlettbytes.nl/gpg 🔑
• Website: scarlettbytes.nl 🌐

I’m open to chatting with anyone or helping out where I can. If you’ve got a truly amazing opportunity (not just a “recruiter amazing” pitch), feel free to reach out! 🚀