Anders Bech Mellson
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Svendborg, Denmark
Toptal member since August 26, 2014
Anders is an MSc in software engineering, architect, and full-stack developer with love for modern frontends. Anders has an excellent sense of creative problem-solving. He has substantial experience with React, TypeScript, Swift, F#, C#, Scala, Java, Objective-C, Xamarin (Certified mobile developer), Next.js, Gatsby, Akka, Grails, GWT, and more. He strives to understand what the client needs and to deliver software exceeding those expectations.
Portfolio
Experience
- Agile Software Development - 8 years
- Scala - 7 years
- iOS - 7 years
- Functional Programming - 6 years
- F# - 5 years
- Xamarin - 3 years
- React - 2 years
- TypeScript - 2 years
Work Experience
CEO/Developer
App Bureauet
- Built Xamarin Forms applications.
- Created native iOS and macOS applications.
- Developed iOS applications and an Android application with Xamarin.
- Built Android applications with Kotlin.
- Delivered React applications with Next.js and Gatsby.
CTO
UDDATA
- Helped build a learning management system for professional schools in Denmark.
- Built mobile and desktop web apps with GWT.
- Developed web scraping and parsing with F#.
- Created Azure functions to help transition from a monolith to smaller services.
- Developed the team and planned projects.
Android Developer
IT University
- Built an internal, open sourced Android application for rapid prototyping of research projects.
- Published and managed the app on the Google Play developer store.
- Distributed logging with Crashlytics.
- Created the project in Android Studio.
- Used the Gradle build system to manage all builds.
Developer
Netcompany
- Maintained and developed new features for a large Danish government branch website.
- Developed the website in Grails using Groovy.
- Gained experience with Subversion.
- Used Jira for all communications, both internal and with the client.
- Handled unit and integration tests.
Developer
IT University
- Built an interactive study planning tool.
- Iterated over several prototypes, starting on paper.
- Built this application using the Play Framework.
- Learned project management skills while building this application.
- Worked extensively on the front-end UI and UX for this application.
iOS Developer
Tambourhinoceros
- Built an interactive album for an artist at this record label.
- Learned about the audio frameworks on iOS and Mac OS X.
- Built an interactive UI for this app on both iOS and Mac OS X.
- Translated the project from Max/MSP to Objective-C and the frameworks on iOS and Mac OS X.
- Submitted the app for review and got it in the App Store on iOS and Mac OS X.
iOS Developer
Trailerpark
- Built an iPhone app for a music festival with a server back-end for driving a photo contest sponsored by Tuborg.
- Created a server back-end for the app written in .NET.
- Implemented notifications sent to the winners of the contest.
- Created an admin app that the personnel from the festival could use to manage the schedule and pick winners in the photo contest.
- Handled project management of the app from start to finish.
Project History
Dynamic Interval Collections for the C5 Generic Collection Library
Functional Programming Principles in Scala
https://www.coursera.org/course/progfunPrinciples of Reactive Programming
https://www.coursera.org/course/reactiveTranslation of Open Source Arduino IDE
http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/LanguagesIDETrailerpark Festival iOS App
Visual album application for FCAN_RPEX
Grønflammeskoven App
Xamarin Forms Application for the Professional Schools in Denmark
IT Systems for Scandinavian Music Talents
Education
Master's Degree in Software Development
IT University of Copenhagen - Copenhagen, Denmark
Bachelor's Degree in Software Development
IT University of Copenhagen - Copenhagen, Denmark
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Google API, jQuery, RxJava, Flickr API
Tools
Zsh, Xcode, Terminal, Microsoft Visual Studio, Interface Builder, Subversion (SVN), Jira, IntelliJ IDEA, Git, Apache Tomcat
Languages
Java, Swift, C#, TypeScript, Kotlin, F#, Scala, Groovy, PHP, Objective-C, CoffeeScript, JavaScript
Frameworks
Bootstrap 3, .NET, Next.js, Rx, Grails, Akka 2, Akka, AngularJS, GWT, Play Framework, ReactiveCocoa
Paradigms
Scrum, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Agile Software Development, Concurrent Programming, Functional Reactive Programming, Functional Programming
Platforms
iOS, Xamarin, MacOS, Azure, Android, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Debian, Oracle
Storage
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Riak
Other
Gatsby, Windows 10, JetBrains IDE
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