Tim Coppieters
Software Engineer & Co-Founder at NOWJOBS
Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolTim Coppieters is a software engineer and co-founder with 13 years of experience building web services and distributed systems, currently leading architecture at NOWJOBS and co-founding Koalify. He specializes in Node.js and TypeScript back-end development, with deep roots in language design, parallel and declarative programming from a research background including a PhD stint and Microsoft RISE internships. Tim blends academic rigor with product-focused engineering—he’s contributed to open-source projects like the Cody CMS, improving i18n, DB schemas and configuration for real-world deployments. Comfortable across paradigms from Haskell and Prolog to SmallTalk and MPI, he brings a rare mix of compiler-level thinking and pragmatic system design to startup-scale problems. Based in Bruges, Belgium, he pairs entrepreneurial experience with hands-on backend craftsmanship and a persistent curiosity for programming-language theory applied to production systems.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Sint-Lodewijks collegeMaster of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Computer Science, Master of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit BrusselBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Agro- and Biotechnology, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Agro- and Biotechnology at Odisee
Dutch, English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
content-management-system10
javascript10
nodejs10
content-management10
rails-i18n9
ember-i18n9
i18n-js9
database-design8
sql8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jcoppieters/cody
Oct 2014 - May 2016
Javascript Content Management System running on Node.js
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 4 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Tim primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Cody CMS. Their work included modifying the configuration process by integrating a `config.json` file, updating the database schema, and removing comments from the SQL file. Furthermore, they focused on internationalization by translating the user interface with the addition of new languages. The user also improved the site by incorporating new functionalities, as well as fixing various minor bugs.
cmsmanagement-systemnode-jsjavascriptcfml
ticup/CloudTypes
Feb 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:72 commits in 9 months
consistencyjavascripteventual-consistencyend2end
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