Nick De Cooman
Verified Expert in Engineering
iBeacon Developer
Nick is a full-stack software engineer with a passion for modern technologies, IoT, and startups. The focus of his work is to build elegant and robust software with a strong visual identity. With over five years of experience in both mobile and web development, he has worked for various clients like Samsonite and Coca-Cola.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
iOS, React Native, Node.js
The most amazing...
...project I've coded is a multi-device golf game where users can create their own golf course by placing devices in any order they want.
Work Experience
Application Prototyping Engineer
imec
- Developed a React Native app in the context of the City of Things project in Antwerp.
IoT Solution Architect
In The Pocket
- Translated business, product, and technical requirements into a scalable and robust architecture. This also involved client facing communication, setting up deployment strategies, and mentoring.
- Helped scale the back-end of the Harald beacon platform (http://getharald.com/) to more than 4 million API requests/day. I also developed the iOS SDK in Objective-C.
- Worked for both as an architect and developer for the following clients: Coca-Cola, Samsonite, Citie, Resengo, and the Brussels Airport.
Full-Stack Engineer
In The Pocket
- Involved in Coca-Cola's first large scale beacon setup in Belgium. I was part of the development team behind a dedicated iPad application allowing visitors of the Coca-Cola Visitor Center to experience rich iBeacon interactions.
- Developed the front-end of an Android app for a popular Belgian magazine app.
Experience
Golve
Golve was created to showcase the underlying Unclouded framework. It was awarded as a finalist of the Mobile Monday Appsmarathon in September 2013.
3D Create & Print
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, GraphQL, Objective-C, Java, Swift, Ruby
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React, REST APIs, Redux-Saga
Paradigms
Agile, API Architecture, Functional Programming, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
Other
iBeacon, Bluetooth, Sigfox, Internet of Things (IoT)
Frameworks
Express.js, Redux, React Native, YARN, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Tools
Jenkins, Jira, Slack, HipChat, Confluence, NPM, NGINX, Mongoose, RabbitMQ, Postman
Platforms
iOS, Android, Docker, Azure
Storage
MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB
Education
Erasmus Student Exchange During Master's Degree Studies in Computer Science
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) - Lausanne, Switzerland
Master of Science in Computer Science (Specialization in Software Engineering)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Brussels, Belgium
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