Tim Bormans

Full‑stack Developer

Summary

Full‑stack developer based in Amsterdam with 15+ years of experience building complex, user-facing applications for web, mobile, and native platforms. Previously worked at large‑scale startups (SoundCloud, Last.fm, Catawiki), major enterprises (Universal Music, Tele2), leading agencies (DEPT), and research institutes (Waag Society). Experienced working both independently and embedded in teams, with strong skills in front-end, back-end, and DevOps practices.

Experience

Freelance Software Developer

Amsterdam

Built web and mobile applications for clients ranging from startups to enterprise. Key projects: architected the front-end for STAGE+ (Universal Music Group’s classical streaming platform), developed the website and admin tools for Darkroom (photo & video editing app), built the Tele2 mobile app, modernized Catawiki’s seller platform, and created internal tools for DEPT.

Additional clients include Secrid, la fille d’O, The Embassies, House of Beautiful Business, Soulcenter, Park-line Aqua, LTP, Videodock, Zeal Records, and Rockstart.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Astro.js
  • React Native
  • Vitest
  • PostgreSQL
  • GraphQL
  • Jest
  • Cypress
  • Playwright
  • Storybook
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Laravel
  • Material UI
  • Docker
  • Vue.js
  • PHP
  • Nginx

Senior Software Developer

Amsterdam

Senior software developer on the Future Internet Lab team, working on civic tech and open data projects. Built a data browser for Transparant Nederland showing connections in Dutch government, created an open source hardware prototype for measuring urban air quality, and contributed to platforms for European textile labs and Dutch geodata.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Neo4j
  • Webpack
  • Arduino
  • MQTT
  • Babel
  • Mocha
  • D3

Software Engineer

Amsterdam

Software engineer on the web team, building tools to help people make more sustainable shopping choices. Rewrote their main website for better performance and maintainability, and created the Checkit App, a React Native shopping list that helps users find sustainable products.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • React Native
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Sketch
  • CI
  • D3

Technical Co-Founder

Berlin

Co-founded an online restaurant reservation platform. Built the Node.js/PostgreSQL API and web application, and set up automated phone and email communication between restaurants and customers. Received seed funding but closed due to insufficient growth.

  • React
  • Backbone.js
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • PostgreSQL
  • PHP

Front-end Engineer

Berlin

Front-end engineer on the web team, building tools that helped millions of musicians share and promote their work. Built SoundCloud’s first single-page app from prototype to production, created an internal styleguide for consistent interfaces, improved the embeddable player’s cross-browser reliability, and built integrations for SONOS and WordPress.

  • Javascript
  • Backbone.js
  • HTML/CSS
  • Web Audio
  • PHP
  • CI
  • Selenium
  • Nginx

Front-end Developer

London

Front-end developer on the web team, working on features that powered music discovery for millions of users. Rebuilt the main Last.fm website from a complete redesign, created a festival finder for live music events, and built visualisations to show users their listening patterns.

  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • PostgreSQL
  • ActionScript
  • i18n

Web Developer Intern

Brussels

Internship at a digital agency in Brussels, where I assisted on client web projects and documented the experience in an internship report.

Education

KHLIM – Media & Design Academy Bachelor Communicatie & Multimedia Design

Genk

Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg Marketing

Hasselt

Languages

Dutch

(Native)

English

(Fluent / C2)

German

(Intermediate)

French

(Intermediate)