Vincent Alsteen
Software Engineer Backend at Delivery Hero
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolVincent Alsteen is a seasoned Python/Django backend engineer with 13 years of experience delivering scalable web applications. At Delivery Hero in Berlin, he led the modernization of the Austrian backend, upgrading from Django 1.4, implementing Jenkins and Ansible-based CI/CD, expanding automated tests from zero to over 1,200, and replacing a custom search with Elasticsearch while exposing a REST API for a React frontend. He specializes in transforming legacy systems, addressing scalability and database contention through refactoring to task queues and robust deployment practices. His technical breadth includes Python, Django, Rust, and Kotlin, with side projects that reflect an interest in systems programming and polyglot development. Earlier in his career he worked across telecom and tech companies on DevOps, API-first approaches, release management, and integration of backend services. He is based in Berlin and brings a pragmatic, cross-functional approach to delivering reliable, scalable services.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Haute Ecole 'Léonard de Vinci', BruxellesComputer Science, Computer Science at Institut Paul Lambin
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Github Skills (88)
egui10
linter10
game-development10
imgui10
rust10
bitwig10
immediate-mode10
audio-unit9
django9
sampler9
midi9
clap9
python9
piano9
tuner9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
valsteen/note_effects_vst
Nov 2020 - Jun 2021
Collection of note effects : note off delay and notes limit, note fan-out, note generator, modulable pitch and channel pressure, non-note filter, midi delay, maximum note duration
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 122 commits in 7 months
notesmidivst-pluginbitwigdelay
valsteen/ableton-live-webapi
Oct 2015 - Jan 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 9 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years 4 months
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