Mike Bond

Full-Stack developer with an affinity for UX. Experienced in working on internal and customer facing applications. Passionate about building reliable software by minimizing technical debt and writing clean code.

Senior Full-Stack Developer
Thoughtworks
4/2022 - 2/2024
Berlin, Germany
Improving architecture and building internal applications for one of the major German automotive companies.
  • Advocate for accessibility by organizing practical workshops for over 50 developers within the account.
  • Building new features within a complex business context. Translating client needs into features.
  • Improving time to production by minimizing technical debt in testing and deployment.
  • Organizing cross-team sessions to improve code quality.
Freelancer
The Bond Experience
5/2019 - 3/2022
Delft, The Netherlands
Working as a freelancer to produce small web apps and immersive background music for theatrical performances and social interaction projects.
Senior Front-end Developer
IX Technologies B.V.
2/2020 - 7/2021
Delft, The Netherlands
Maintaining Air Traffic Control (ATC) admission tests and simulations for Eurocontrol and serious games for research at TNO Delft. Exploring technical possibilities within a tech-stack transition and working in a small team, directly involved with the clients and UX design.
  • Designing and developing the m.v.p. of the renewed ATC simulation in .NET Blazor. This simulation test is now used for all applicants who apply to the ATC training in Europe, Canada, Singapore and other countries.
  • Developing a custom .NET Blazor component library to be integrated in simulations, tests and the administration platform.
Junior Front-end Developer
Mobiel.nl
8/2018 — 7/2019
Leidschendam, The Netherlands
Learning the ins and outs of modern front-end development from experts in the field.
  • Rewriting the product page to use React + MobX and upgrading features together in a small scrum team.
  • Daily code-reviews and pair programming for a steep learning curve.
  • Version control, test driven development and deployment in Jenkins.
  • Fixing backend bugs in Ruby on Rails.

Developing a whiteboard app for creating and sharing MIDI controllers. This enables artists to let the audience control the music.
Recording local artists and presenting their works online.
Unity Exhibition
Coding and building an interactive art installation to state the importance of privacy and identity.
Volunteering
Previous board member of a people society in Delft and two living groups. Organizing concerts and volunteering at festivals and the DRS Conference 2014.

Msc. Design for Interaction
TU-Delft
2013 - 2016
Delft, The Netherlands
Bsc. Industrial Design
TU-Delft
2006 - 2011
Delft, The Netherlands
Minor Physics Education
TU-Delft
2009
Delft, The Netherlands

React / Next
Angular
Svelte-Kit
Node
Storybook
Stencil
Ruby on Rails
.NET / Blazor
TestCafe
Cypress
Playwright
Jest / Vitest
Neo4j
NeonDb
PostgreSQL
GraphQL
Docker
Shell scripts
Dependency Management
Node
Bun
C#
Kotlin
Pixel Perfect
Mobile First
Responsive Web Design
HTML
CSS/SASS
PWA
Arduino
Electronics
Scrum / Kanban
TDD
Dutch
English