Summary
Michael Hastrich is a freelance front-end developer based in the Randstad with nine years of professional experience crafting accessible, design-driven web applications. He specializes in HTML, CSS and JavaScript (Angular, React, Vue) and has deep experience building and maintaining design systems and component libraries for large Dutch organisations such as PostNL and Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Combining a background in graphic design with front-end engineering, he translates creative concepts into semantically correct, scalable code that meets WCAG 2.1 A/AA standards. Comfortable working on-site in Scrum teams or remotely, he also brings strong tooling skills in Git, Figma and Sketch and a long track record of volunteer and community involvement (Fronteers, Creative Mornings). Less obvious: his career started in print and prepress, which gives him a practical understanding of production constraints that informs his meticulous approach to UI fidelity and maintainability.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht
Thorbecke SG
English, German