Michel Hiemstra
Lead Front-End Engineer at Stormzaak.nl
Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichel Hiemstra is a Lead Front-End Engineer based in the Netherlands with 15 years of hands-on experience building scalable web platforms and end-to-end products. He has progressed from founding and running hosting and startup ventures to leading front-end and full-stack teams at major media companies like DPG Media, delivering high-traffic, production-grade applications. His technical breadth spans modern JavaScript (React/Node/ES6), mobile/web hybrid apps, and Linux-based infrastructure and orchestration—skills sharpened by running his own freelance practice and managing hosting platforms. Michel combines practical DevOps experience (OpenStack, Salt, HAproxy, nginx) with a product-minded approach to UX and performance, often owning both feature delivery and operational stability. Notably, he has a track record of building resilient data ingestion and real-time systems (message queues, Redis) for high-volume applications, reflecting a balance of architectural thinking and hands-on implementation.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MAVO, Sales / Verkoop / Sales en marketing, MAVO, Sales / Verkoop / Sales en marketing at OSG P.J. NIJLANMBO, ICT- en mediabeheer, MBO, ICT- en mediabeheer at ROC ICT LYCEUM
English, Dutch, German, frysk
Stackoverflow
21reputation
791reached
1answer
2questions
Github Skills (96)
storybook10
hybrid10
javascript10
browser10
react-framework10
compiler10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
ssg10
notice10
vercel10
nextjs10
isr10
server-rendering10
react10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mdahiemstra/iGoogle-Drag-Drop-portal
Nov 2010 - Oct 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 1 push in 4 years 11 months
mdahiemstra/nagios-check-redis
May 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 1 year 6 months
redisstatusnagiosredis-serverstatus-check
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