Kevin De Koninck
Software Engineer at Synamedia
Lille, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolKevin De Koninck is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years’ experience building cloud-native and embedded solutions, currently consulting at Synamedia after teaching Docker and Kubernetes fundamentals as a trainer at Sioux. He blends a strong academic foundation (MSc ICT, magna cum laude) and electronics background with hands-on skills in Python, Bash, Ansible, Docker/Podman, and multi-cloud Kubernetes (GKE/EKS/RKE), often focusing on security and maintainability. Kevin contributes to open-source tooling—improving security, logging and efficiency in projects like StaCoAn—and builds polished user-facing macOS utilities, reflecting his dual interest in backend robustness and UI/UX. Known for setting high personal goals and continuous self-education, he brings a research-minded approach to R&D tasks and practical production deployments.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Academic Bachelor: Elelctronics-ICT, Academic Bachelor: Elelctronics-ICT at Artesis Hogeschool AntwerpenMaster's degree, ICT, Magna Cum Laude, Master's degree, ICT, Magna Cum Laude at KU Leuvenelectricity and electronics, electricity and electronics at Vrije Technische School TurnhoutBachelor of Industrial Sciences, Elektronics Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Industrial Sciences, Elektronics Engineering, Magna Cum Laude at Thomas More
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (25)
static-code-analysis10
python10
user-interface10
ui-design10
security10
macos10
swift10
bug-tracker9
bugzilla9
ux-design9
bugtracking9
user-experience9
logging9
refactoring8
error-handling8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Kevin-De-Koninck/Clean-Me
Jan 2017 - Feb 2021
A macOS system analyser and cleaner
Role in this project:
UI/UX Designer & iOS Developer
UI/UX Designer & iOS DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 82 commits, 7 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on improving the user interface and user experience of the macOS application. They implemented several visual enhancements, including updating the color of switches and other UI elements, as well as adding a progress indicator. The user also refactored button colors, added new options to the application's settings, and addressed minor bug fixes related to button visibility and overall application flow.
code-injectionanalyserfinderutilitymacos
vincentcox/StaCoAn
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
StaCoAn is a crossplatform tool which aids developers, bugbounty hunters and ethical hackers performing static code analysis on mobile applications.
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:10 commits, 15 PRs, 6 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on improving the codebase's security and maintainability. They refactored code to use built-in Python data structures for efficiency, enhanced error handling, and introduced private methods for better encapsulation. Further contributions include adding a timestamp to log messages and adding constants for log levels. The user also contributed to reducing the Docker image size.
hunterssecurity-toolsbugbountysecuritystatic-code-analysis
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