Sander Ferdinand

Company Owner at Kroket Ltd.

Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
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Sander Ferdinand is a self-employed software engineer and company owner based in Sofia with 12 years of experience building cross-platform applications and tooling. He focuses on Qt, Godot, and Linux OS development while running Kroket Ltd., bringing a practical founder’s perspective to engineering. His background includes journalism and media tech at NRC Handelsblad, VICE and freelance work for outlets like De Speld and Geenstijl, which honed his ability to deliver polished user-facing experiences. Sander is an active open-source contributor, with backend and frontend contributions to notable projects such as Cuckoo Sandbox, the async Python framework Quart, and the Monero GUI—showing range from malware-analysis UIs to privacy-focused wallets. He blends UI polish (animations and layout improvements) with backend pragmatism (framework fixes and template restructures), making him effective across the stack. Known for independent learning and pragmatic problem-solving, he often tackles both architecture and fine-grained UX details.
code11 years of coding experience
bookAutodidact
languagesEnglish
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Github Skills (22)

python10
animation10
django10
user-interface10
asyncio10
quart10
asgi10
qml10
web-development10
template-engine9
templater9
front-end-development9
documentation9
html9
http-server8

Programming languages (19)

JavaC++CSSCRustMakefilePLpgSQLVue

Github contributions (5)

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monero-project/monero-gui

Nov 2017 - Sep 2020

Monero: the secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency
Role in this project:
userFront-end Developer
Contributions:15 reviews, 279 commits, 147 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Sander primarily contributed to the user interface of the Monero GUI, specifically focusing on the visual aspects and user experience. Their work involved implementing smoother animations for menu buttons, adjusting button heights, and adding easing to page switching animations. They also re-designed menu buttons, added properties to labels, and modified the layouts of the left panel.
securecryptographyuntraceablesecuritymonero
cuckoosandbox/cuckoo

Jun 2016 - Nov 2016

Cuckoo Sandbox is an automated dynamic malware analysis system
Role in this project:
userBackend Developer
Contributions:40 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Sander contributed to the Cuckoo Sandbox project by restructuring template directories and modifying various template files and views. The changes involve updating the summary page, adding new features to the frontend and fixing the sidebar. The code changes indicate an understanding of the project's architecture and the ability to modify existing components. The user's work likely focused on improving the user interface and functionality of the web interface for the malware analysis reports.
system-analysiscuckoo-sandboxcuckoosecuritydynamic-malware-analysis
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Sander Ferdinand - Company Owner at Kroket Ltd.