Niek Saarberg
Software Development Consultant at Xebia
Huizen, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolNiek Saarberg is a seasoned Software Development Consultant with 14 years of experience specializing in frontend engineering for the media production sector. He combines deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, modern ES features, CSS/HTML and build tooling like Webpack with practical UX sensibilities to deliver polished, user-focused interfaces. Niek has progressed from lead developer roles to consulting at Xebia, bringing hands-on implementation experience and architectural judgment from long tenures at Pluxbox and Ex Machina. Based in Huizen, Netherlands, he excels at translating production workflows into maintainable frontend systems and improving developer velocity. Colleagues value his blend of craftsmanship and pragmatic problem-solving, often surfacing subtle UX improvements that noticeably enhance media tooling.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht
Github Skills (30)
dom9
react8
preact8
stylesheets8
virtual-dom7
gulp7
jsx7
socket6
mocking6
testing6
music5
fluent-api5
audio-player5
player5
audio5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Blockle/blockle-router
Jan 2019 - Aug 2022
Blockle Router for React
Contributions:21 PRs, 57 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 7 months
routerreact
Pluxbox/pbPlayerWeb
Mar 2012 - Feb 2014
Contributions:186 commits in 1 year 11 months
audio-playerjavascriptflashaudioweb-audio
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