Rick Van Der Straeten
Oprichter at Rouwkaart Online
Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Van Der Straeten is a Shopify-focused frontend founder and developer with 8 years of experience building conversion-driven, design-forward e-commerce storefronts. Based in Haarlem, Netherlands, he combines strong HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Liquid skills with a designer’s eye from formal multimedia and graphic design studies. He has progressed from internships at bunq and small agencies to lead developer roles and now runs two ventures, applying pragmatic performance optimizations and custom theme work to boost brand visibility. Rick is comfortable shipping end-to-end storefront solutions, collaborating across teams, and taking ownership of projects and timelines. Notably, his background in fintech and fast-paced product teams gave him early responsibility for customer-facing features, shaping a practical, user-first approach to commerce UX.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School ( HAVO ), Economics and Society, 7.1, High School ( HAVO ), Economics and Society, 7.1 at Kaj munk CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Communicatie Multimedia Design, 10, Bachelor of Science - BS, Communicatie Multimedia Design, 10 at Hogeschool van AmsterdamBachelor, Graphic Design, Excellent result, Bachelor, Graphic Design, Excellent result at Art and the city
Dutch, English
Github Skills (14)
team-project10
banking8
payment8
api-documentation7
api5
react2
nodejs2
react-native2
backend2
mongodb2
redis1
react-navigation1
shared-element-transition1
java1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kriskuiper/project-tech-team
Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
A repo for the team project of Project Tech
Contributions:236 commits, 17 PRs, 53 pushes in 2 months
team-project
Root-ish/beerhub-web-app
Nov 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:1 PR in 2 years 11 months
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