Bram Van Der Sype
Senior Specialist Engineer at International Fintech Organization
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolBram Van Der Sype is a Senior Specialist Engineer and self-taught web developer with 13 years of experience building and modernizing high-traffic PHP systems. Based in Ghent, he runs his own freelance practice while leading modernization efforts at an international fintech handling millions of requests per day. He has a track record of turning messy legacy code into reliable, testable platforms and has led development teams at companies like Antenna and RetailSonar. Bram is an active contributor to PHP open-source tooling—improving tests and code quality in projects such as laminas/laminas-code—which reflects his focus on reliability and maintainability. His beginnings debugging dial-up-era modems hint at a long-standing curiosity that fuels both product-focused engineering and practical leadership.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Geology, Geology at Ghent UniversityBachelor in het onderwijs: Secundair onderwijs, Informatica - Technologische opvoeding., Bachelor in het onderwijs: Secundair onderwijs, Informatica - Technologische opvoeding. at Artevelde Hogeschool Gent
Dutch, English, French
Stackoverflow
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32answers
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Github Skills (16)
php10
testing10
code-generation9
scancode8
code-inspection8
scanning8
test-automation7
reflection-api7
json6
responsive-design6
javascript6
codeigniter6
forms6
jquery6
symfony6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
laminas/laminas-code
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Extensions to the PHP Reflection API, static code scanning, and code generation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / QA Engineer
Back-end Developer / QA EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 5 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Bram primarily contributed to the project by modifying and expanding test cases. Their work included splitting tests into smaller units, adding data providers, and refining existing tests for improved coverage. Additionally, the user addressed code style issues and fixed a typo. These contributions focus on code quality and testing, ensuring the project's reliability.
apicode-generationstatic-apicode-scanningphp
Brammm/todo-symfony
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:43 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
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