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About

An experienced software developer with a passion for Drupal and Open Source.

Acquia Certified backend developer, loves working on challenging projects with talented people. Excels as an intermediary between technology and business. Focused on writing high-performance, maintainable, clean and secure code. Motivated problem solver, team lead and mentor. Active Drupal (core) contributor, maintainer of the Media and Media Library modules in Drupal core.

Drupal developer

Over 10 years of experience building custom Drupal applications and modules for enterprise customers.

Team lead

Highly motivating team lead. Enables team members to work and grow collectively to achieve project objectives.

Software architecture

Analyzes complex system landscapes and uses best-practices to design an optimal system architecture.

System integration

Worked on integrating hundreds of systems using custom-built solutions as well as contributed modules.

Security

Building applications using best practices to write clean and secure code. Performs code and applications reviews.

Training

Trained a wide variety of people in using Drupal, from technical staff to CEOs and first-time site editors.

Work

Ben

2019/2020

The new Ben.nl webshop was rebuilt in Drupal 8 as a headless Drupal frontend on top of the many different back-office systems in the Ben landscape. As a freelance Drupal developer in a scrum team for Brix CRM, I was responsible for the integration with the back-office systems, worked on improving the front- and backend performance of the application, and set up the framework for automated PHPUnit tests.

www.ben.nl
Drupal 8 Headless CMS Responsive System Integration Symfony Single Sign On Redis Layout builder Performance Automated tests
Screenshot of the Ben website.

UFC

2018/2019

The new UFC.com platform was completely re-designed to provide a media-rich platform for its huge fanbase. As a freelance Drupal developer for Skunk Works, I was mainly responsible for implementing the media-related functionality, such as integrating with an external system for the video content and building the custom HTML5 video player. Also helped to optimize the site performance to deal with the millions of visitors.

www.ufc.com
Drupal 8 Responsive Media System Integration Search API Apache Solr Performance
Screenshot of the UFC website.

Erasmus University Rotterdam

2017 / 2021

The corporate website and intranet of the EUR were completely rebuilt in Drupal 8. As a freelance developer and team lead in a scrum team for Intracto, I advised the client on complex technical decisions, helped to determine development priorities and worked on the implementation of the business requirements.

www.eur.nl my.eur.nl
Drupal 8 Responsive Single Sign On SAML2 REST System Integration Groups Migrate Search API Facets Apache Solr Paragraphs Media Webform Flags Content moderation Performance Automated tests
Screenshot of the EUR website.

24Kitchen

2017

The 24Kitchen website was completely redesigned and rebuilt with a focus on usability, accessibility, and search. As a freelance developer for Limoengroen, I helped to migrate the thousands of recipes, ingredients, and users to the new platform, worked on the Apache Solr based search engine and other third-party integrations.

www.24kitchen.nl
Drupal 8 Responsive Migrate System Integration Media Paragraphs Search API Apache Solr
Screenshot of the 24Kitchen website.

Scalda student portal

2016/2017

A new portal was developed for Scalda to help students, parent and employees quickly access information from several systems. As team lead and architect in a scrum team for Finalist, I advised the client on complex technical decisions, helped to determine development priorities and helped coördinating with external suppliers.

Drupal 8 Headless CMS Responsive Angular2 Single Sign On SAML2 REST Oauth2 System Integration Redis Groups Flags Migrate Search API Apache Solr Paragraphs Media Webform
Screenshot of the Scalda portal.

Amsterdam Museum

2015/2016

To inform visitors from all over the world, Amsterdam Museum needed a new multilingual content platform to provide information in 9 different languages. Worked closely with the client as a team lead and architect to ensure maximum value was delivered for the available budget.

www.amsterdammuseum.nl
Drupal 7 Responsive Workflows Multilingual Search API Apache Solr Facets Paragraphs Media Webform
Screenshot of the Amsterdam Museum website.

Utrecht University

2014/2015

The new corporate website and student platform for Utrecht University were developed to facilitate the new content strategy. As a team lead and architect in a scrum team for Finalist, I advised the client on complex technical decisions, helped to determine development priorities and supported in managing stakeholders.

www.uu.nl students.uu.nl
Drupal 7 Responsive System Integration Organic Groups Workflows Multilingual Search API Apache Solr Facets Paragraphs Media Webform
Screenshot of the Utrecht University website.

Contact

If you have a request for a project, please send me a message.

I will respond to your message as soon as possible. This is usually within 24 hours. If your message is urgent, please give me a call!

+316 246 250 19info@seanblommaert.nl