Summary
Florian Beijers is a web developer and accessibility specialist with 11 years of professional experience building inclusive, maintainable software across Rails, PHP, Python and more. As a freelancer and consultant he has delivered eCommerce platforms, CMS improvements and game-mechanics for MUDs while advising major organizations like KLM and GitHub on accessibility strategy and remediation. A fully blind developer and screen reader user, he combines lived experience with formal training (Deque University) to prioritize WCAG-compliant, pleasant user experiences and to train teams in accessible design. He thrives in collaborative teams where teaching and learning travel both ways, and he embraces experimenting with new technologies and workflows to boost developer happiness. Florian’s background ranges from backend C# work at Microsoft to leading coding on interactive text games, reflecting a practical polyglot mindset and a knack for making complex interfaces usable.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, VWO (Continued Scientific Education), High School, VWO (Continued Scientific Education) at St. Willibrord Gymnasium
Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science at HAN University of Applied Sciences
Web Accessibility Specialist, Web Accessibility, Web Accessibility Specialist, Web Accessibility at Deque University
English, Dutch, German, Spanish