Bastiaan van den Berg
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Toptal member since September 18, 2020
Bastiaan is a senior software developer who has developed multiple web and mobile applications from the ground up. With a background in industrial design and a PhD in bioinformatics, Bastiaan is a solution-oriented developer with a good eye for detail. He's helped create a web application that calculates and visualizes protein properties. Bastiaan focuses on exceptional user experience and high-quality work.
Portfolio
Experience
- Python - 10 years
- JavaScript - 8 years
- HTML - 8 years
- Java - 5 years
- jQuery - 4 years
- Sass - 4 years
- TypeScript - 4 years
- Angular - 4 years
Preferred Environment
Git, Android Studio, PyCharm, WebStorm, Linux
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was setting up an enterprise-level web application that included many bioinformatics data visualizations.
Work Experience
Software Engineer
Genedata, GmbH.
- Developed a web application in Angular to bring existing functionalities (project-, user-, and file-management) of a bioinformatics desktop application to the web.
- Contributed to the development of a Java Swing GUI to improve the visual appearance and make it more interactive.
- Completed the back-end software development in Java, including work on bioinformatics algorithms for identifying peptides in mass spectrometry data.
- Contributed to setting up automated GUI testing in Selenium.
Software Developer
Biomax Informatics AG
- Developed several interactive web applications (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS), including data visualization, data reporting, and spreadsheet-like functionalities.
- Developed several jQuery plugins to improve the functionality and interactivity of a Wiki-based web front end of a biological data management system.
- Developed software in Java for a flexible PDF/Word reporting system, where users can create their own customized report templates with placeholders for inserting specific data from the data management system.
- Developed biological data management back-end software in Java.
Experience
File Manager Module for Angular
DNA Construct Design Web Application
Logic Puzzle Apps for Android
Education
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics
Delft University of Technology - Delft, The Netherlands
Master of Science Degree in Bioinformatics
Delft University of Technology - Delft, The Netherlands
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science (cum laude)
Delft University of Technology - Delft, The Netherlands
Coursework towards a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Design Engineering
Delft University of Technology - Delft, The Netherlands
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, D3.js, REST APIs, SQLAlchemy, React, Vue
Tools
Git
Languages
Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass, TypeScript, Kotlin, Java, HTML5, SQL, PHP, GraphQL
Frameworks
Angular, Bootstrap, Angular Material, Flask, Scrapy, Selenium
Platforms
Linux, Android
Industry Expertise
Bioinformatics
Other
Machine Learning, Front-end, Front-end Development, Web Scraping, Data Visualization
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