Founder & CEO
2017 - PRESENTFrontier- Digitally transformed local SMEs and boosted their total revenue.
- Set up, configured, and managed a fleet of servers tailored to the customers' projects.
- Developed and open-sourced an in-house CMS that is actively used in 20+ live projects.
Technologies: Web Consulting, SEO Marketing, Paid Advertising, DevOps, APM, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, GitHub, Git, Slack, Figma, Sketch, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR), REST, Ruby on Rails API, Vue, Ruby Gems, Postmark, Sidekiq, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, Technical Hiring, Code Review, Source Code Review, Task Analysis, Interviewing, CSSSenior Ruby on Rails Engineer (Freelance)
2019 - 2019DPG Media- Performed maintenance tasks on a tool used by all hosts on several national radio channels, e.g., QMusic, JoeFM, and Willy.
- Modernized an existing Ruby on Rails codebase and increased test coverage.
- Developed API endpoints to be consumed by native mobile apps.
- Integrated a shared radio player widget on multiple broadcasting front ends.
- Architected small interactive games to entertain a large audience.
Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails 4, Vagrant, Vim Text Editor, RSpec, Cucumber, HTML, JavaScript, Code Review, Source Code Review, Task Analysis, CSSTechnical Director
2012 - 2019Omakase BV- Architected a community platform with social features like a web feed, discussion board, live chat, and job board.
- Set up CI/CD pipelines and monitoring. Managed infrastructure and tuned a bare-metal server configuration to maximize performance.
- Managed a team consisting of designers, front- and back-end developers, and freelancers.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), XML, REST, JSON, Elasticsearch, APM, Capistrano, CI/CD Pipelines, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon CloudFront CDN, DevOps, Technical Leadership, Sass, Redis, SSH, HTML, JavaScript, Technical Hiring, Code Review, Source Code Review, Task Analysis, Interviewing, CSSJunior Full-stack Web Developer
2012 - 2015Multimedium- Started with no professional background or education and quickly took the position as the lead front-end developer.
- Build an asset management tool for a large supplier of dentistry products.
- Launched audience engagement games on eCommerce websites with more than 10,000 entries.
Technologies: PHP, CodeIgniter, WordPress, Less, JavaScript, BrowserStack, Litmus, Bootstrap, Backbone.js, jQuery, Craft CMS, Symphony, FTP, Subversion (SVN), CodeKit, Coda, NetBeans, HTML, Source Code Review, CSS
Jef Vlamings
Software Developer in Hoogstraten, Belgium
Member since August 18, 2022
Jef is a full-stack engineer with more than 10 years of professional experience in web development. He's worked on 50+ projects and solved complex business problems in industries including real estate, media, sports, eCommerce, food, and retail. Jef has consistently saved costs while increasing profits. He's ready for an opportunity to use his skills to grow your revenue exponentially.
Jef is now available for hire
Portfolio
- FrontierWeb Consulting, SEO Marketing, Paid Advertising, DevOps, APM, Ansible...
- DPG MediaRuby, Ruby on Rails 4, Vagrant, Vim Text Editor, RSpec, Cucumber, HTML...
- Omakase BVRuby on Rails (RoR), XML, REST, JSON, Elasticsearch, APM, Capistrano...
Experience
- HTML 15 years
- Sass 10 years
- Bootstrap 10 years
- Ruby on Rails (RoR) 7 years
- Redis 7 years
- DigitalOcean 7 years
- Elasticsearch 5 years
- RSpec 5 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Vim Text Editor, IntelliJ, Photoshop CC, Figma, Sketch, Oh My Zsh, Slack, Chrome, Sublime Text
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a web feed feature for a social network. The feed highlights information that includes profile changes, upcoming events, and birthdays.
Employment
Experience
- Community Platform for Field Hockeyhttps://scorrd.com
Built and launched the leading hockey network, a corporate venture with the world's largest sports retailer. I architected the platform and led a team of developers. The application was built as an SSR application with a fully featured API that served native mobile apps.
- Etixx Sports eCommerce Platformhttps://etixxsports.com
A Ruby on Rails-based web application that sells sports nutrition online and through local pharmacies.
My role was to upgrade an existing web shop to become a platform with complex integrations including stock management, warehousing, fulfillment, third-party loyalty programs, and online payment providers.
My contributions included:
• Set up support for multiple locales and languages
• Integrated third-party webhooks and APIs
• Refactored the front end and implemented a reusable component library
• Set up a custom-made CMS for eCommerce management
• Set up notifications via websockets
Skills
Languages
Ruby, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, CoffeeScript, Sass, Less, XML, UnicornFrameworks
Ruby on Rails 5, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby on Rails 4, Bootstrap, OAuth 2, Dropzone.js, Chrome, CodeIgniterOther
Technical Hiring, Code Review, Source Code Review, Task Analysis, Interviewing, Statistics, Physics, LiDAR, Innovation Labs, University Teaching, Coaching, Learnability, Presentations, Ruby Gems, CAPTCHA, Puma, Foreman, Symphony, FTP, CodeKit, APM, CI/CD Pipelines, Technical Leadership, SSH, Web Consulting, SEO Marketing, Paid Advertising, Postmark, SOAPTools
IntelliJ, Sublime Text, GIS, Vagrant, Vim Text Editor, RSpec, Cucumber, Redactor, Mailchimp, Capistrano, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Photoshop CC, Figma, Sketch, Oh My Zsh, Slack, BrowserStack, Litmus, Subversion (SVN), Coda, Ansible, Terraform, GitHub, Git, Illustrator CC, SolrLibraries/APIs
jQuery, Highcharts, ImageMagick, Sidekiq, Slack API, Google Maps API, Google Analytics API, Backbone.js, Ruby on Rails API, Vue, SendGrid APIParadigms
Load Testing, REST, DevOpsPlatforms
DigitalOcean, New Relic, Phusion Passenger, MacOS, WordPress, Craft CMS, NetBeans, DockerStorage
Redis, Elasticsearch, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON
Education
- Master's Degree in Education2011 - 2012Universiteit Antwerpen - Antwerpen, Belgium
- Master's Degree in Biology2009 - 2011Universiteit Antwerpen - Antwerpen, Belgium
