Ruurd Van Veelen
Freelance Front-end Developer at Ministerie van BZK
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRuurd Van Veelen is a freelance front-end developer with over a decade of experience building accessible, component-driven interfaces for major Dutch institutions and global brands. He specializes in WCAG 2.2+ compliant component libraries, TypeScript/JavaScript components, and robust testing workflows including E2E and visual regression to ensure production quality. Ruurd combines deep front-end craftsmanship with user experience sensibility and awareness of back-end/API impacts, which helps teams deliver more efficient and stable systems. His long-term stewardship of the overheid.nl component library demonstrates an ability to scale design systems for complex, high-traffic public services. Known for a collaborative, positive leadership style, he routinely bridges designers, engineers and stakeholders to keep cross-team processes coherent. Fluent in Dutch and English, he brings curiosity and an engineer’s pragmatism to every challenge.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, Bachelor's degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia at Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk
Dutch, German
Stackoverflow
24reputation
546reached
2answers
0questions
Github Skills (11)
component-library10
react9
typescript9
css6
wordpress6
php6
javascript6
animation6
jquery6
gsap6
advanced-custom-fields6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
JeroenHulscher/koop
Jun 2018 - Jun 2021
KOOP component library
Contributions:60 releases, 2383 commits, 43 PRs in 3 years 1 month
reacttypescriptcomponent-librarykoop
frctl/fractal
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
A tool to help you build and document website component libraries and design systems.
Contributions:6 comments, 1 issue in 1 year 7 months
design-systemspattern-libraryreactdesign-system
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