Wouter Muller - Freelance Front-End Developer from Groningen, the Netherlands

ABOUT ME

I am a very experienced (12+ years) freelance web developer that learned a lot in Berlin, the tech/startup capital of Europe. Currently I am based in Groningen, the Netherlands. You can contact me at wouter@woutermuller.net.

My LinkedIn profile

I am very passionate about creating great user experiences that look amazing and are easy to use
I have a strong focus and a clear vision on topics like front-end architecture, clean/readable/maintainable code and following conventions and best practices
I enjoy taking and/or being involved in long-term strategic decisions and always try to have the "bird's eye" view
I am a big fan of VueJS and think it embodies the best features of React while remaining simple and intuitive to use
I have worked with Angular, React and VueJS and feel like chosing which framework/library to use is an important decision that should not be taken lightly, depending on the type and complexity of the web application you are trying to build.
I don't just focus on getting things done, but it is very important to me to get things done the right way
I strongly value principles like DRY, KISS, separation of concerns and progressive enhancement
I have advanced knowledge of Git
It is important to me to keep up with evolving web standards, conventions and best practices
I am excited about CSS Grid and custom properties
I value code review processes like pull requests and see it as an excellent way to learn from each other and keep the quality of the code base high

SKILLS

HTML/HAML CSS/SASS CSS Architecture

OOCSS BEM CSS Modules PostCSS

Javascript jQuery AngularJS React VueJS

Git Ruby on Rails ASP.NET (My)SQL Scrum/Agile Responsive Design/Mobile-first Cross-Browser compatibility

UX/Usability Web design/Photoshop/Sketch

WORK EXPERIENCE

12/2018 - present	Freelance Web Developer A selection of projects I worked on: Working part-time for hotels.nl as the sole front-end developer (Stack: PHP/VueJS) Developed a corporate website for electric car sharing startup EasyDriving (Design+Coding+CMS) Designed and developed websites for Sketch2HTML, Meerstad Websites, Plantoor and others. For a longer list, visit my portfolio.
05/2018 - 12/2018	Lead Front-end Developer at FrankNL At FrankNL i was responsible for: Having full responsibility and ownership over the entire front-end stack Building a brand new front-end foundation/framework (CSS and JS) that is tailor-made for Frank's web application
04/2017 - 04/2018	Senior Front-end Developer at Bencom Group At Bencom Group I was responsible for: Rebuilding legacy applications to become more future-proof (utilizing ASP.NET MVC Core and VueJS) Building a component-based front-end (JS/CSS) framework linked to a style guide Responsible for introducing new development workflows/technologies (Git and pull requests/code review amongst others) Adding new features as well as maintaining existing features to various web applications, like Gaslicht.com, Bellen.com, Poliswijzer.nl, Internetten.nl
02/2016 - 04/2017	Tech Lead/Senior Front-end Developer at Catawiki At Catawiki I was responsible for: Building a component-based front-end framework Rebuilding parts of the legacy application with ReactJS Implementing various A/B experiments to test new features Being highly involved in recruitment of new team members
06/2012 - 01/2016	Lead Front-end Developer at Blacklane GmbH As Lead Front-end Developer at Blacklane, the fastest growing tech company in Germany, I have been responsible for leading a team of six front-end developers, while still getting a lot of coding done myself. This included managing resources and workflows, providing mentorship to other developers, and being highly involved in recruiting and interviewing potential new team members. I have been involved in giving presentations to showcase new products or features to the entire company (+/- 200 people).
01/2011 - 06/2012	Front-end Developer at silver.solutions GmbH silver.solutions is a Berlin-based IT company specialized in E-commerce projects. I worked on different projects for various customers (SPD, Garmin and many more).
01/2006 - 01/2011	Full-stack freelance web developer I worked as a freelance full-stack web developer (front-end & back-end) on many different projects for different international clients. On some of the projects I took care of design as well, but I have also worked closely together with various graphical designers. One of my main achievements was coupling client’s websites with a custom-made CMS that i built from scratch.

EDUCATION

2002 - 2007	Bachelor Communication and Multimedia Design Noordelijke Hogeschool, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
2000 - 2002	Bachelor Songwriting & Studio production Noord-Nederlands Conservatorium, Groningen, the Netherlands
1999 - 2000	VWO Noorderpoort College, Groningen, the Netherlands
1994 - 1999	HAVO Wessel Gansfoort College, Groningen, the Netherlands

LANGUAGES

Dutch (mother tongue)
English (fluent spoken and written)
German (fluent spoken and written)

CV Wouter Muller

ABOUT ME

SKILLS

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Web Developer

Lead Front-end Developer at FrankNL

Senior Front-end Developer at Bencom Group

Tech Lead/Senior Front-end Developer at Catawiki

Lead Front-end Developer at Blacklane GmbH

Front-end Developer at silver.solutions GmbH

Full-stack freelance web developer

EDUCATION

Bachelor Communication and Multimedia Design

Bachelor Songwriting & Studio production

VWO

HAVO

LANGUAGES