Alexander Rulkens
Founder at Borges 3D
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolAlexander Rulkens is a founder and senior front-end engineer based in Amsterdam with 12 years of experience and a strong focus on React/Redux and JavaScript. He combines product-minded UX design with hands-on engineering, having led front-end architecture and rebuilt complex interfaces (Backbone → modern JS) for scalable, maintainable systems. As co-founder of studio:ludens and founder of Synapse Design, he specializes in making customizable, user-centered software that brings creativity to the masses. His background in industrial design and early work as a chief software architect at a university give him a rare blend of design sensibility and systems thinking. He often bridges roles—designer, developer, and technical lead—so projects benefit from both polished UX and robust code.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Industrial Design, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of TechnologyGraduated with Honors in VWO Natuur & Techniek and Natuur & Gezondheid, Graduated with Honors in VWO Natuur & Techniek and Natuur & Gezondheid at Trevianum Scholengroep SittardBSc Industrial Design, BSc Industrial Design at RMIT University
English, Dutch, German, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (47)
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nightwatch10
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emscripten10
webassembly10
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testing9
llvm9
selenium9
arduino9
compiler8
raspberry-pi-zero8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
studioludens/repperjs
Nov 2015 - Jan 2019
Repper Javascript
Contributions:39 PRs, 459 pushes, 21 branches in 3 years 2 months
jsjavascript
studioludens/Arboretum
Feb 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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