Maël Brunet - Resume / CV

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About me

I'm a web developer with a focus on the front-end, based in Brussels (Belgium). I'm highly proficient in the technologies that are at core of the modern web experience : HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I also have an interest and attention to design, accessibility and performance. I believe that very strong knowledge of these foundations is essential to being a good front-end developer, and everything else can be learned as needed.

I feel that a good user interface is like a joke : you shouldn't have to explain it. I value simplicity and intuitiveness over complex and overly engineered solutions.

I see open communication, empathy and inclusivity as the essential parts of a well-functioning team.

Skills

Looking for keywords ? I have project experience with the following tools and methodologies :

Bash, Git, HTML, CSS, Sass, JavaScript (including ES6+), TypeScript, React, Redux, Next, Gatsby, Vue, GraphQL, Jest, Node, Webpack, Rollup, Parcel, Gulp, Babel, ESlint, CI/CD principles, Gitlab CI, decoupled architectures & headless CMS, content modelling, Agile methodologies, ...

Work experience

• Nordhealth

  June 2022 - Now

  I'm currently working as a senior front-end developer on the Nordhealth Pay team. My responsibilities include :

  • Define and adapt the frontend architecture of the service according to evolving business requirements.
  • Scaling the service to integrate it with multiple other Nordhealth products, across different countries.
  • Ensure a consistent quality and maintainability of the codebase, using unit and E2E tests, linting tools, etc.
• Hack Your Future

  April 2019 - Now

  Hack Your Future (part of Open Knowledge Belgium) is an 8 months bootcamp to help refugees in Belgium build digital & soft skills for a career in web development. I'm helping out as a mentor for newly graduated students, and since 2020 also the lead coach of the module "Debugging JavaScript".

• Keytrade Bank

  Feb 2019 - May 2022

  I joined the Keytrade team as a senior front-end developer to help build their new design system, serving multiple React-based projects developed across multiple teams. I also worked on other projects at Keytrade, including a complete redesign of the public website using Gatsby and Contentful.

• Isabel Group

  Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

  I joined Isabel Group as a front-end developer and UI chapter lead. Isabel Group is Belgium's largest fintech, providing banking services like Isabel 6, Zoomit and CodaBox to companies of all sizes. Part of a small team reporting directly to the CTO, I worked on a variety of projects, including :

  • I created and maintained a design system to share UI components across multiple projects, based on Vue, Storybook and npm packages.
  • I launched and lead a UI "Community of Practice", gathering designers and developers from all teams within the group on a regular basis to share experiences and best practices.
• Emakina

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

  I joined Emakina as a front-end developer, where I worked on a range of different technologies and frameworks for some great brands like Ouibus, D'Ieteren, Deutsche Bank, Federale Assurance, ... Notable projects I was involved with include :

  • A complete redesign of the Federale Assurance website, running on a new platform and including an application to find the nearest Federale office. I was the lead front-end developer on this project.
  • A new online banking web app for Deutsche Bank Belgium, providing a much improved user experience. I worked on some of the UI design and HTML / CSS for this project.
• OpenForum Europe

  May 2012 - Dec 2015

  I was policy officer and webmaster for OpenForum Europe (OFE), a not-for-profit industry organisation aiming to accelerate and broaden the use of Open Source Software among businesses, consumers and governments.

Languages

• French (native)
• English (bilingual)
• Dutch (beginner)
• Spanish (intermediate)