Tim Bormans

Full‑stack Developer

Summary

Full‑stack developer with 15+ years of experience building web applications for startups and global companies. I specialize in React, Next.js, and Node.js and have worked on streaming platforms, SaaS products, internal tools, and e‑commerce sites. Past teams include SoundCloud, Last.fm, Universal Music Group, Tele2, and Catawiki. Based in Amsterdam, used to working with international, distributed teams.

Experience

Freelance Software Developer

Amsterdam

Built web and mobile applications for clients ranging from startups to enterprise. Notable projects include the front-end for STAGE+ (Universal Music Group’s classical streaming platform), website and admin tools for Darkroom (photo & video editing app), the Tele2 mobile app, Catawiki’s seller platform, and internal tools for DEPT.

Other clients include Secrid, la fille d’O, The Embassies, House of Beautiful Business, Soulcenter, Park-line Aqua, LTP, Videodock, Zeal Records, and Rockstart.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Astro.js
  • React Native
  • Vitest
  • PostgreSQL
  • GraphQL
  • Jest
  • Cypress
  • Playwright
  • Storybook
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Laravel
  • Material UI
  • Docker
  • Vue.js
  • PHP
  • Nginx

Senior Software Developer

Amsterdam

Part of the Future Internet Lab team, working on civic tech and open data projects. Built a data browser for Transparant Nederland showing connections in Dutch government, created an open source hardware prototype for measuring urban air quality, and contributed to platforms for European textile labs and Dutch geodata.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Neo4j
  • Webpack
  • Arduino
  • MQTT
  • Babel
  • Mocha
  • D3

Software Engineer

Amsterdam

Part of the web team helping people make more sustainable shopping choices. Rewrote their main website for better performance and maintainability, and created the Checkit App, a React Native shopping list that helps users find sustainable products.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • React Native
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Sketch
  • CI
  • D3

Technical Co-Founder

Berlin

Co-founded an online restaurant reservation platform. Built the Node.js/PostgreSQL API and web application, and set up automated phone and email communication between restaurants and customers. Received seed funding but closed due to insufficient growth.

  • React
  • Backbone.js
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • PostgreSQL
  • PHP

Front-end Engineer

Berlin

Part of the web team helping musicians share their work. Built SoundCloud's first single-page app from prototype to production, created an internal styleguide for consistent interfaces, improved the embeddable player's cross-browser reliability, and built integrations for SONOS and WordPress.

  • Javascript
  • Backbone.js
  • HTML/CSS
  • Web Audio
  • PHP
  • CI
  • Selenium
  • Nginx

Front-end Developer

London

Part of the web team helping people discover new music. Rebuilt the main Last.fm website from a complete redesign, created a festival finder for live music events, and built visualisations to show users their listening patterns.

  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • PostgreSQL
  • ActionScript
  • i18n

Web Developer Intern

Brussels

Internship at a digital agency in Brussels, where I assisted on client web projects and documented the experience in an internship report.

Education

KHLIM – Media & Design Academy Bachelor Communicatie & Multimedia Design

Genk

Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg Marketing

Hasselt

Languages

Dutch

(Native)

English

(Fluent / C2)

German

(Intermediate)

French

(Intermediate)