Engineering lead,
application architect,
software developer
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Experienced full-stack software engineer and application architect with over 10 years of proven success designing and building scalable, distributed systems using modern web technologies.
Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, serverless computing, microservices, and front-end frameworks, delivering solutions across diverse enterprise and startup environments.
Highly skilled in driving technical innovation, optimizing application performance, and implementing maintainable, high-quality code that supports evolving business needs. I have a strong track record of leading and mentoring engineering teams, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented engineering culture while translating complex business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.
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Experience
Rototip
A manufacturing marketplace startup.
Mar 2022 — Present
Spearheaded the design and delivery of the company's MVP, creating a scalable, event-driven manufacturing marketplace platform that allows customers to seamlessly upload CAD files and place manufacturing orders. Played a pivotal role in securing €1M in pre-seed investment by leading the technical due diligence process. Architected and implemented a cost-efficient and scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes, while establishing automated observability with Prometheus and Grafana to ensure high system reliability.
Draftable
A document comparison startup.
Sep 2020 — Mar 2022
Transformed a proof-of-concept document viewer into a production-ready application by leading a 10-person engineering team to address significant performance bottlenecks. Achieved a dramatic increase in rendering performance from 14fps to 60fps and reduced the initial bundle size from 3MB to 70KB by implementing canvas rendering and virtual scrolling. Elevated the team's overall effectiveness by establishing higher standards for code quality, maintainability, and observability.
Nike Inc.
A retail and e-commerce multinational.
Aug 2017 — Aug 2020
Successfully led an 8-person engineering team and 8 contractors to migrate high-traffic company landing pages from Adobe AEM to a custom in-house CMS, achieving zero priority-one incidents throughout a three-year tenure. Pioneered the adoption of server-side rendering with React, which significantly elevated frontend performance and user experience. Built a cohesive, high-performing distributed team and successfully managed concurrent product and technical initiatives to create a unified, prioritized backlog.
Trainline
A travel and e-commerce platform.
Mar 2015 — Jul 2017
Delivered robust, scalable components that demonstrably improved the usability of international travel planning across 45 countries. Contributed to a performant microservices architecture that successfully supported high user traffic and complex booking workflows, enhancing the trip planning and ticket purchasing process for customers.
JP Morgan Chase
A financial services firm.
Jul 2012 — Feb 2015
Contributed to critical features that enhanced the reliability and user experience of J.P. Morgan Markets, a client platform supporting the full trade lifecycle in a high-stakes financial environment. Developed deep domain knowledge of financial market workflows and regulatory requirements, which informed the creation of robust solutions for trade execution, risk management, and market data processing.
Recommendations
“Bart and I worked together on Micro-FE architecture for Nike. He is a joy to work with. He understands the technical details, but also understands the business context and value. He also understands how and when to be flexible on the details as well as when to stand fast. I'd be happy to work with him again in any capacity; developer, lead, principal, or architect.
Jack Herrington
Principal Software Engineer
Nike Inc.
“Working with Bart makes everything so easy! He has this very nice combination of skills: a very good technical knowledge and a very patient and clear way to explain his ideas to the team. He is also fun to work with and a team player! I'm happy that we got the chance to work together and hopefully our paths will cross again in the future!
Alexandra Vilcan
Engineering Manager
Nike Inc.
“Bart had a truly positive effect on our project, sometimes taking a recurring problem and simplifying it with a library or framework, sometimes improving the application architecture, and sometimes just using his expert knowledge to achieve what others couldn't imagine possible.