Experience

See Tickets Benelux

• Netherlands
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Lead Backend

  • Jan 2022 - Present



See Tickets Benelux (Formerly Paylogic)

• Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Full Stack Developer

  • Jul 2016 - Feb 2022

  Paylogic is a platform where event organizers can sell tickets to their events, analyze sales reports and maintain contact with fans. Paylogic offers highly configurable white label shops and integrates with external parties to sell merchandise and integrate hotel bookings for fans buying a ticket. I’m maintaining and creating web applications, APIs and automated tests using Python, JavaScript and TypeScript. I’m also improving our developer workflows using Docker and GitLab CI. Paylogic is a platform where event organizers can sell tickets to their events, analyze sales reports and maintain contact with fans. Paylogic offers highly configurable white label shops and integrates with external parties to sell merchandise and integrate hotel bookings for fans buying a ticket. I’m maintaining and creating web applications, APIs and automated tests using Python, JavaScript and TypeScript. I’m also improving our developer workflows using Docker and GitLab CI.



Blippar

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior front-end developer

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

  Blippar acquired Layar in 2014. Blippar is a company specializing in Augmented Reality (AR) and object/image recognition. I was maintaining and developing multiple single-page web applications, using modern tools like ES6, Webpack and Babel. I also Implemented Stripe to integrate seamless and instant payments in our platform to publish Augmented Reality content using the Python Stripe API. Blippar acquired Layar in 2014. Blippar is a company specializing in Augmented Reality (AR) and object/image recognition. I was maintaining and developing multiple single-page web applications, using modern tools like ES6, Webpack and Babel. I also Implemented Stripe to integrate seamless and instant payments in our platform to publish Augmented Reality content using the Python Stripe API.



Layar

• Netherlands
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior front-end developer

  • Feb 2011 - Oct 2015

  Layar is a mobile platform for discovering information about the world around you using Augmented Reality technology. I built the front-end and parts of the back-end for the Layar Creator (Layar.com/creator), a what-you-see-is-what-you-get self-service tool for adding digital content to offline media. I also maintained and updated Layar.com and I have created the front-end and interaction design for the My Layers environment (Layar.com/my-layers). Layar is a mobile platform for discovering information about the world around you using Augmented Reality technology. I built the front-end and parts of the back-end for the Layar Creator (Layar.com/creator), a what-you-see-is-what-you-get self-service tool for adding digital content to offline media. I also maintained and updated Layar.com and I have created the front-end and interaction design for the My Layers environment (Layar.com/my-layers).



Mediamatic

• Netherlands
• Arts & Crafts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Front-end developer

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2011

  Mediamatic Lab is a web 2.0 web bureau that designs and builds social networks and online communities. It works closely together with Mediamatic Foundation, which organizes expositions and workshops about new media and society. Mediamatic Lab has developed their own CMS called Anymeta. I maintained the CMS and implemented new features using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. I was mainly focusing on JavaScript projects, including the Google Maps module and a time line module that have been implemented in multiple Anymeta websites. I worked closely together with designers, project managers and back-end developers. I also guided and supported junior front-end developers. Show less



Freelance

• Amsterdam

• Freelance web developer / designer

  • Feb 2002 - 2011

  As a freelancer, I have developed many websites for varying clients, both working together with professional designers and hiring myself as a designer. Languages and techniques used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, Back-end development (PHP, MySQL), multiple CMS implementations, HTML5's Websocket, Canvas, SVG. In my free time, I build small web applications and games using technology and languages I have not used before. For fun and to learn new things. See my homepage (www.blaisekal.com) for a small sample. Show less



STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT®

• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance web developer

  • 2007 - 2008

  Studio Dumbar is a design studio in Rotterdam. At Studio Dumbar, I worked together with designers, implementing website designs into ExpressionEngine (a CMS) and doing both front-end and back-end. Studio Dumbar is a design studio in Rotterdam. At Studio Dumbar, I worked together with designers, implementing website designs into ExpressionEngine (a CMS) and doing both front-end and back-end.