Bjorn Boonen

Alongside client work, I independently develop several side projects. These have been running for a while and offer space for deep dives, innovation, and working with a wide range of technologies and tools.

One of these is Viviq, a mobile app that lets users scan barcodes to check food products against their allergen profile and dietary preferences, including Nutri-Score and NOVA classification. I'm also building a cross-platform design system for React, Web Components, and React Native. I experiment with CI/CD pipelines and automation to streamline development workflows and actively use AI to accelerate development and improve code quality.

These projects strengthen my expertise and keep my knowledge continuously up to date.

At Bol, contributed to migrating the checkout to a new architecture built on an NX Monorepo with GraphQL. After a successful go-live, the contract was extended a second time to migrate additional sections, such as gift cards, to the new architecture. Also participating in a pilot for integrating Claude Code into the developer workflow.

Built a Proof of Concept to demonstrate that a well-designed user experience can help reduce contact requests, leading to shorter waiting lists and improved customer satisfaction. Also played a key role in initiating a technical roadmap for the various portals within CIZ.

Took on the architecture role alongside a fellow architect and delivered a working proof of concept for the migration from .NET Razor templates to Nuxt 3. As Lead Frontend at Greenchoice.nl, drove this migration forward. Later in the project, also advised on the frontend architecture of Mijn Greenchoice.

Co-created a mobile-first design system with shared design tokens in Figma, working closely with UX designers. This design system served as the foundation for a new Vue component library: scalable, reusable, and accessible components and tooling, used by teams across Greenchoice and by external agencies. Laid the groundwork for that library and contributed extensively to its core components.

Beyond architecture and code, improved the development environment for frontend and full-stack developers and mentored the team through pull request reviews, pair programming, and one-on-ones.

Set up a Next.js Proof of Concept for ANWB Insurance. Responsible for designing and building the initial flow and configuration of the product wizard. The project was successfully completed within the predefined three-month timeline, demonstrating that a Next.js-based flow would be faster, more stable, and more flexible than the existing solution.

At RH Marine, a large volume of frontend code had been written at speed by less experienced developers, leaving the codebase without clear structure or direction. Redefined the frontend architecture, introduced unit testing and TypeScript, and contributed to various screens and new components.

Built the complete frontend architecture for ViaBovag.nl and led the migration from Razor (.NET) templates to Next.js. Owned the frontend within the scrum team, from technical decisions to implementation. Partnered with the UX designer to build the component library from the ground up and design and deliver new pages.

Responsible for the complete frontend of Vergelijk.nl. Mentored colleagues and developed prototypes for new functionality.

As co-founder, built and evolved the complete frontend of Leadingcourses.com from the ground up. Responsible for all digital expressions and internal tooling for data visualisation. Migrated the frontend from a traditional setup to React and Next.js. Mentored colleagues and developed prototypes.

Co-responsible for the frontend of Speurdersindekrant.nl. Translated the print layout of De Telegraaf to Telegraaf.nl and converted designs into working code within the Escenic CMS. Guided colleagues on frontend-related tasks.

Created digital publications and designed pages. Developed tools for scraping websites and processing XML feeds. Responsible for the layout of all Compare Group websites.