Thomas Neirynck
Principal Engineer at Rollstack
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Neirynck is a Principal Engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in mapping, data visualization, and full-stack product engineering. He has led visualization and maps teams at Elastic, later serving as Tech Lead for analytics use cases, and now drives architecture and delivery at Rollstack. His hands-on contributions to high-profile open-source projects like Kibana include modernizing map integrations (MapLibre) and improving UX around layer refresh and URL persistence. Thomas blends deep academic grounding in AI and information science with early training in art history and archaeology, a combination that informs his attention to visual clarity and user-centric design. He is comfortable moving between browser UI work and JVM/web mapping components, and has a history of shaping standards through roles such as Vice Chair for the Geopackage SWG. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic leader who turns complex spatial and search requirements into usable, scalable features.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Master, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence at KU LeuvenDegree de license, Archaeology, Degree de license, Archaeology at Université de BourgogneMaster, Information Science, Master, Information Science at Indiana University BloomingtonLicentiaat, Art History and Archaeology, Licentiaat, Art History and Archaeology at Ghent University
Github Skills (13)
typescript10
javascript10
maplibre-gl10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
front-end-development9
ui-design9
uid9
visualization8
dashboard8
fleet8
visualizations8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
elastic/kibana
Jul 2016 - Jan 2023
Your window into the Elastic Stack
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:699 reviews, 998 commits, 2101 PRs in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily focused on front-end development, specifically replacing the `mapbox-gl` import with `MapLibre` and making adjustments to the map functionality within the Kibana project. They also added a force-refresh toggle for map layers, enabling users to control layer refresh behavior. Furthermore, the user was involved in renaming tabs within the Fleet application and making modifications to the URL persistence of package data. These contributions indicate a focus on UI/UX and feature enhancements within the Kibana ecosystem.
elasticdashboardskibanaobservabilitywindow
thomasneirynck/kibana
Jul 2016 - Mar 2025
:bar_chart: Kibana analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch
Contributions:15 PRs, 2797 pushes, 1071 branches in 8 years 9 months
analyticschartelasticbar-chartkibana
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