Summary
Nastassia Smeets is a backend developer with 11 years of experience building robust web applications, APIs and data integrations, currently contributing at Verhaert Digital Innovation from Antwerp. She holds an MSc in Computer Science with a background in graphic design, giving her a pragmatic eye for usable systems as well as solid engineering foundations. Her work spans PHP/Symfony and Laravel, Elasticsearch, Drupal, RabbitMQ and Solr, with hands-on experience connecting heterogeneous systems (e.g., Symfony<->Drupal, Ruby Blacklight<->Symfony) and automating data pipelines. She’s contributed as an open-source consultant and consultant-for-hire across domains such as cultural collection catalogs, telecom tooling and enterprise intranets, often tackling data conversion and search challenges. Fluent in Dutch and English and conversational in French and Spanish, she brings strong communication skills to cross-functional teams and client work.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ba, Computer Science, Ba, Computer Science at University of Antwerp
Graphic and Illustrative Design, Graphic and Illustrative Design at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Dutch, English, French, Spanish