Arno Arts
Distributed systems specialist · data platforms
I design distributed systems that keep working when machines, networks, and services fail—with a focus on resilient event-driven architectures, streaming data, and pragmatic platform tooling.
Based in Amsterdam, I currently build distributed data pipeline infrastructure at the Ministerie van Defensie, powering internal communication systems across a range of protocols. Previously I've worked with teams at KPN, DDi, and De Ree Holland on event-driven platforms, machine learning, and data science.
- Kafka
- distributed systems
- fault tolerance
- event-driven
- streaming data
- Go
- Rust
- Python
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Nix
Work Experience
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Sep 2025 - CurrentMinisterie van Defensie · Distributed Systems EngineerDesigning distributed data pipeline infrastructure with Go, Kafka, and Kubernetes to keep Defence communication systems reliable across a variety of protocols.
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Nov 2022 - Sep 2025KPN · Distributed Systems / Data Platform EngineerDesigning and operating distributed, fault-tolerant event-driven services and data platform tooling for one of the largest telecom providers in the Netherlands.
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Oct 2021 - Nov 2022DDi · Machine Learning / Backend EngineerEngineering production data and machine-learning systems for smart document processing, combining reliable APIs, scalable workflows, and secure containerized services.
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Dec 2020 - Oct 2021De Ree Holland · Data ScientistBuilding analytical data foundations for high-revenue companies, turning large, unstructured inputs into reliable insights for business decisions.
Let's work together
Have a distributed-systems problem to solve? I'm open to freelance projects and collaborations around reliable data pipelines, event-driven services, and platform tooling.