About Me
I'm a Full-Stack Developer based in Leuven with a core specialization in Java back-end engineering. Over 7+ years at AXA Belgium, I've led development on enterprise systems handling financial document processing, AWS communication pipelines, and internal tooling — and now drive technical leadership, FinOps strategy, and AI-powered internal tools.
I care about clean architecture, well-documented APIs, and interfaces that don't make people think. I work with AI-augmented development tools — using Kiro and GitHub Copilot for spec-driven development, and leveraging AI for deep research to maximize the quality of every feature I ship.
This portfolio itself was built combining my front-end skills with AI assistance — a reflection of how I work: human creativity guided by intelligent tooling.
Experience
Technical Lead · AXA Belgium
Brussels, Belgium · Hybrid
Leading projects, managing estimations, conducting code reviews and executing FinOps strategies for the Life Insurance domain. Using AI to build internal efficiency tools including a Mainframe analyzer and BPMN model creator. FinOps Community Lead of AXA Belgium.
Software Engineer · AXA Belgium
Full-stack development and Oracle database management across four enterprise projects. Led the migration of legacy JSP interfaces to Angular, took over as lead developer on an AWS Lambda communication service, and built REST APIs for financial document and print pipelines.
Software Engineer Intern · Purdys Chocolatier
Vancouver, Canada
Full-stack redesign of the corporate fundraising platform in a two-person team. Owned the UI redesign and front-end optimization. Also evaluated and presented the Katalon test automation solution to improve QA workflows.
Quality Assurance Tester · Bringme
Leuven, Belgium
Manual testing of mobile app and website for an electronic mailbox system. Designed and executed test cases using Microsoft Test Manager and JIRA.
Projects
Sporty
Play Store ↗A React Native app connecting people who want to meet up and play sports. Find nearby players, organize matches, and stay active.
Weydu
weydu.eu ↗A WordPress platform offering curated leisure and educational events. Helping people discover meaningful activities in their area.
This Portfolio
Portfolio ↗Built with vanilla HTML, CSS & JS + GSAP animations. Designed and developed using AI-augmented workflow with Kiro — spec-driven development in action.
Skills
AI-Augmented Development
- Kiro IDE
- GitHub Copilot
- Spec-Driven Development
- AI-Powered Deep Research
Back-End
- Java
- Spring Boot
- REST API Design
- Maven
- AWS Lambda
Front-End
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- Angular
- React Native
- HTML & CSS / SCSS
Data & Cloud
- Oracle Database
- PostgreSQL
- AWS (Certified)
Workflow
- Git & CI/CD
- JIRA & Confluence
- Agile / Scrum
- Technical Documentation
Contact
I'm open to new opportunities, collaborations, and interesting conversations. Whether you have a project in mind or just want to connect — reach out.