Jasper Schulte
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toptal member since June 7, 2019
Jasper is a veteran full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript engineer. The first decade of his career, he spent building his own company developing web platforms for his clients and constructing scalable and maintainable platforms. After selling his shares in 2015, he started consulting for companies, leveraging this expertise. As a person, Jasper is friendly, very proactive, and operates using extremely high-quality standards.
Portfolio
Experience
- Functional Programming - 14 years
- PostgreSQL - 14 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 14 years
- JavaScript - 14 years
- Express.js - 9 years
- Node.js - 9 years
- TypeScript - 7 years
- React - 6 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
PAW, Git, Node.js, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Terminal, Linux, MacOS
The most amazing...
...project I've built is where I utilized the Google search engine to find semantic relations between words. Something that normally requires a semantic web.
Work Experience
Lead Engineer
Hely
- Successfully launched a national app within six months.
- Managed the incorporation of three partners within the first half year.
- Secured the next round in funding due to our engineering excellence.
- Conducted formal user testing which confirmed that the React Native app was performant and that the users perceived it to be native.
- Grew the engineering team from three to seven members.
CTO
GreenHome
- Went from one release every month to continuous releases with the time from the first commit to running on production in under 15 minutes.
- Grew the engineering team from 3 to 14 engineers.
- Introduced TypeScript and completely migrated the whole codebase.
- Implemented Terraform and made the whole infrastructure managed through this IaaS setup.
- Passed a security audit from one of the three biggest Dutch banks, Rabobank.
Lead Engineer
OnePlanetCrowd
- Migrated an app from AngularJS to React.
- Introduced TypeScript and completely migrated the whole codebase.
- Migrated from a WordPress-driven back end to a microservice-based Node.js back end.
- Introduced a system to automatically maintain all outstanding loans with investors.
- Made the platform compliant under orders of the Dutch financial authorities.
Lead Engineer
Elsevier
- Introduced TypeScript to the company.
- Bootstrapped the first project in a modern SPA-style as blueprint for all future projects within the company.
- Moved the company from server-side HTML to an API mindset.
- Migrated from jQuery to AngularJS.
- Improved the speed of the main platform by 6x.
Founder | CTO
Awesome Amsterdam
- Successfully built a company from scratch running for over ten years.
- Started with building small Facebook apps but ended with building complete online platforms for big companies.
- Grew the company to a size of 25 total (15 engineers).
- Managed to secure big clients like TomTom, Nike, Unilever, ING, ABN Amro, Rabobank, Sonos, Nikon, Heineken, and BMW.
- Managed to survive the financial crisis of 2007–2008 which made 75% of competing companies go bankrupt.
Experience
Mobile App: Hely
Online Platform: GreenHome HouseScan
https://greenhome.nl/International Conference Talks
http://www.jasperschulte.nlOn my website, you can find a list of my current speaking engagements.
Online Platform: OnePlanetCrowd
http://oneplanetcrowd.nlEducation
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Universiteit of Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Universiteit of Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, jQuery, Node.js, React Redux, MobX, Facebook API, Google APIs, Google API, PAW
Tools
JavaScript Debugging, JavaScript Toolchain, JavaScript Testing, Redux Thunk, Terraform, Git, Slack, Jira, GitHub, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS CLI, CircleCI, Jenkins, Terminal, AWS CloudFormation, Codeship, GitLab, GitLab CI/CD
Languages
JavaScript, JavaScript 6, JavaScript 5, TypeScript, TypeScript 3, TypeScript 2, CSS, CSS3, HTML, HTML5, GraphQL, SQL, Java, PHP, Python
Frameworks
AngularJS, Redux, Angular, Koa, Next.js, React Native, Express.js
Paradigms
Functional Programming, Agile Software Development, Scrum, Asynchronous Programming, Microservices, REST, Agile, Functional Reactive Programming, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
Platforms
MacOS, Amazon EC2, Firebase, Linux, AWS Lambda, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Kubernetes, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB
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