Simon Epskamp
UX Designer, Web & Phone App Developer at Friendly Pixel
Randstad, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSimon Epskamp is a UX-focused full-stack developer and founder with 14 years of experience building web and mobile apps from concept to shipped product. As founder of Friendly Pixel and previously Frontwise, he combines strong UX design sensibilities (Master in Human Media Interaction) with hands-on engineering in TypeScript, Golang and Symfony to deliver polished, user-centered interfaces. He has a track record of practical front-end craftsmanship—authoring a visual Bootstrap grid editor and driving UI/interaction work that emphasizes responsiveness and usability. His background spans Drupal and Symfony back-ends, LAMP survey platforms with live respondent interaction, and native iOS/Android apps and games, showing versatility across stacks. Based in the Randstad, he blends entrepreneurial drive with an uncommon focus on design-driven engineering, making complex interactions feel simple for end users.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Human Media Interaction, Master, Human Media Interaction at University of Twente
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
9,472reputation
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80answers
9questions
uiviewcontroller
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symfony
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typescript
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php
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cocoa-touch
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ios
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
jquery10
uiviewcontroller10
css10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
ios9
typescript9
symfony9
php9
cocoa-touch9
macos6
event-listener6
multiple-inheritance6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
Friendly-Pixel/grid-editor
Jan 2015 - Jul 2017
Visual javascript editor for the bootstrap 4 grid system, written as a jQuery plugin.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 31 PRs, 83 pushes in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the front-end development of the grid editor. Their commits demonstrate the implementation of core features like adding row/column controls, adding support for row_tools, and integrating with the font awesome icon set. The work also encompasses UI enhancements, including CSS modifications and layout adjustments for responsiveness. The user focused on building the user interface, with an emphasis on functionality.
grid-systemjquerygrid-layoutgridsjavascript
Friendly-Pixel/Ar
Feb 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:64 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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