Romeo Van Snick
Software Engineer at Metabase
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRomeo Van Snick is a pragmatic software engineer with 14 years of experience and a seven-year track record of producing simple, maintainable solutions for complex problems. Based in Amsterdam, he combines a strong product and design sensibility with hands-on front-end and back-end expertise, currently shaping Metabase’s UI experience. His open-source contributions span accessibility work in React, Haskell integrations for tooling and docs, and core-js polyfills—showing comfort across languages and ecosystems. Comfortable leading teams, he pairs clear communication with attention to developer ergonomics, from autocomplete UX to build and release automation. A physicist-turned-computer-scientist, he brings analytical rigor and a knack for turning subtle edge cases into reliable user-facing features.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Physics, Bachelor's degree Physics at University of AntwerpMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
English, Dutch, German, French
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5,895reputation
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84questions
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Github Skills (57)
accessibility10
git10
javascript10
gnu-make10
strings10
acc10
apidoc10
wai-aria10
accessibilityservice10
lorawan10
vimscript10
testing10
ria10
text-manipulation10
plugin-development10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
reactjs/react-a11y
Apr 2016 - Oct 2017
Identifies accessibility issues in your React.js elements
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:400 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Romeo primarily contributed to the accessibility aspects of the React.js project. Their work focused on identifying and fixing accessibility issues within the React components. The user made changes to ensure that elements are navigable by keyboard users and that they include the necessary roles and properties. They also implemented checks for redundant alt text and ensured proper use of ARIA attributes.
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metabase/metabase
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
The simplest, fastest way to get business intelligence and analytics to everyone in your company :yum:
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:515 reviews, 438 PRs, 1805 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Romeo primarily contributed to the Metabase front-end, focusing on user interface improvements and bug fixes. Their work involved refactoring and implementing auto-completion, including features such as debouncing, testing, and handling edge cases. Additionally, the user worked on various UI components, including improvements to filtering, and making sure text is rendered correctly. The user also worked on styling and design changes for code blocks, with a focus on correct highlighting and indentation.
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