Michiel De Mey
Full Stack Engineer at Tomorrowland
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolMichiel De Mey is a product-minded Full Stack Engineer with 14 years of experience building and operating scalable web and IoT platforms, currently shaping experiences at Tomorrowland from Ghent. He blends hands-on backend architecture (Node.js, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes) with polished frontend work in React and React Native, and has led engineering teams as CTO and VP of Engineering in high-growth startups. Michiel’s background includes architecting over 50 microservices for geospatial and mobility systems, driving SOC II security efforts, and shipping consumer-facing Electron apps and GraphQL integrations in notable open-source projects like react-admin. He’s equally comfortable in the trenches of build-and-release engineering—improving packaging and CI for desktop apps—as he is mapping product roadmaps and presenting at meetups. A former San Francisco resident and occasional public speaker, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a strong interest in WebSockets, Web Security and IoT.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of New Media and Communication Technology, New Media and Communication Technology, Bachelor of New Media and Communication Technology, New Media and Communication Technology at HOWEST Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Dutch, German, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (41)
build-time10
javascript10
electron10
typescript10
buildx10
desktop-application10
wpgraphql10
gruntjs10
build-engine10
build210
wordpress-graphql10
typescript-types10
graphql10
g10
nodejs10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
gillesdemey/Cumulus
May 2015 - May 2016
☁️ A SoundCloud player that lives in your menubar.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 33 commits, 8 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Michiel contributed to the Cumulus project by implementing features related to the SoundCloud integration. They added functionality to fetch and display track visuals, implemented a logout feature, and addressed issues related to DRM protected streams. The user also worked on the build process by integrating Grunt, Reactify, and Sass compilation, alongside modifying the build process for the electron application. Furthermore, they improved the application's overall structure by separating CSS files and cleaning up the codebase.
menubarsoundcloudelectronosx
Soundnode/soundnode-app
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Soundnode App is the Soundcloud for desktop. Built with Electron, Angular.js and Soundcloud API.
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 12 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Michiel focused on build and deployment configurations within the project. Their commits involved modifications to the Gruntfile.js, specifically switching build tools like from Compass to Libsass, updating the nodewebkit builder version, cleaning up build directories, and modifying download URLs for the application. This indicates responsibility for managing the build process and ensuring the application can be packaged and distributed. These changes also involved adjustments to the platforms and versions supported.
angularjselectronsoundcloudjavascriptmusic-player
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