Summary
Tina Van Schelt is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience, specializing in frontend architecture, accessible UX, and pragmatic AI integration. She leads UI modernization efforts at Xurrent, balancing scalability, developer experience, and product-focused outcomes while recently pivoting to explore practical AI enhancements. A mildly obsessive tinkerer, Tina thrives at the intersection of engineering, leadership, and business—bringing component-driven design systems and long-term maintainability to both greenfield and legacy platforms. Her background spans React/Next.js, Rails, Phoenix/Elixir and React Native, and she has delivered everything from e-commerce rebuilds to complex data visualisations and mobile apps. Known as curious, honest, and hardworking, she prefers close-knit product teams where measurable impact matters. Based in the Netherlands, she combines creative design roots with a disciplined engineering approach to turn emerging AI technologies into usable, user-centered features.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Comprehensive Web Design, Certificate Comprehensive Web Design at City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts
BSc (Hons) (Level 6 / NQF 8) Computing & Information Technology, BSc (Hons) (Level 6 / NQF 8) Computing & Information Technology at University of Derby
Hoërskool DF Malan
Higher Diploma (NQF 6) Design & Art Direction, Higher Diploma (NQF 6) Design & Art Direction at Red & Yellow Creative School of Business
English, Afrikaans, Dutch