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Xavier Talpe

Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

Location

Deerlijk, Belgium

Toptal Member Since

February 16, 2015

Xavier is a software architect and tech lead who started programming in elementary school and has had a M.Sc. in computer science since 2010. He is a full-stack web developer by experience and also knows his way around big data batch and stream processing, mission-critical algorithms for 2D graphics apps, microservices architecture, API design, CD pipelines, and more.

Java Agile Software Development CSS Apache Maven Subversion (SVN)Git Linux MySQL Mercurial PostgreSQL Gradle Android Nuxt.js Vue Vuex

Experience

JavaScript - 15 years Object-oriented Programming (OOP) - 10 years Agile Software Development - 10 years Java - 10 years Git - 5 years Android - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, IntelliJ IDEA, Linux

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed is a real-time label decluttering algorithm on Android and JavaScript to prevent overlapping labels on 2D cartographic maps.

Experience

Gradle Release Plugin

https://github.com/XavierTalpe/gradle-release-plugin

Gradle plugin to automatically set the correct version number before and after a release is made. Takes care of committing and tagging releases as well.

Skills

Languages

Java, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, TypeScript

Frameworks

Vuetify, Nuxt.js

Libraries/APIs

Vue, Vuex, Node.js, React

Tools

Apache Maven, Subversion (SVN), Mercurial, Git, Gradle, GIS, IntelliJ IDEA

Paradigms

Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Agile Software Development, REST

Platforms

Linux, Android

Storage

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Relational Databases, Elasticsearch

Other

Architecture, Cloud

Education

2010 - 2011

Master of Engineering Degree in Computer Sciences

University of Leuven - Belgium

2008 - 2010

Master of Informatics Degree in Multimedia

University of Leuven - Belgium

2005 - 2008

Bachelor's Degree in Informatics

University of Leuven - Belgium

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