# Ken Bostoen

> Freelance frontend lead and fullstack developer in Belgium (Temse, Antwerp region). About ten years of building large Angular and TypeScript applications for enterprise and public-sector clients, working fullstack in .NET (C#) and Java Spring Boot, with a focus on frontend architecture, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA, European Accessibility Act) and AI-assisted delivery with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot. Works through his own company, Bostech solutions BV.

- Website: https://bostechsolutions.be/
- Email: ken@bostechsolutions.be
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-bostoen-53712413b/
- GitHub: https://github.com/kenbostoen
- Languages: Dutch (native), English (fluent), French (passive)

## Current role

- Euromex (insurance), October 2025 to now: frontend lead and fullstack developer on the AI-driven rebuild of the internal and external policy management applications, in a team of four developers and a solution architect. Upgraded the existing applications from Angular 14 to 20, removed about 70% of external packages, introduced ESLint-enforced standards (1,867 lint errors resolved) and trained the team. Set up the new Angular monorepo with architecture decision records, BFF authentication, generated OpenAPI clients, a shared design system and CI quality gates with axe-core accessibility checks. Builds features end to end, from .NET (C#) API endpoints to the Angular screens. Stack: Angular, signals, Angular CDK, RxJS, Bootstrap 5, .NET (C#), OpenAPI, axe-core, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot.

## Earlier projects

- Volvo Cars, Feb 2025 to Sep 2025: fullstack developer and frontend point of contact for the manufacturing execution system that steers Volvo's plants worldwide; helped lead the shared Angular libraries. Angular, Spring Boot, Kafka, MQTT, OpenShift, Azure.
- Inimco, Jun 2022 to Feb 2025: frontend developer on a modular IoT monitoring platform on Azure IoT Central; owned versioning and releases. Angular, Nx, Storybook, PrimeNG, Tailwind, Playwright.
- Smals, Dec 2020 to Jun 2022: frontend developer on the eHealth medication scheme application for citizens. Angular, NgRx, Nx, Jest, Cypress.
- ASML, Mar 2020 to Dec 2020: bill of materials visualiser rendering up to 1,000 parts on one canvas. Angular, D3.js, NgRx.
- Ordina, Jan 2020 to Mar 2020: development lead on a conference sales tool built around CAD floor plans. Angular, NestJS, AWS.
- Liantis, Apr 2019 to Jan 2020: fullstack developer on an accounting and social security platform of 15 microservices. Angular, Spring Boot, MongoDB, RabbitMQ.
- Fednot, Oct 2017 to Jun 2019: frontend lead (from February 2018) on Biddit, the Belgian public property auction platform. Angular, Spring Boot, CQRS, Kubernetes on Google Cloud.

## Business experience

- Bitter Sweet, April 2025 to now: co-owner and manager of a family restaurant, run alongside freelance work outside office hours. Set up the entire start-up (company formation, permits, insurance, banking, accountant, suppliers) and manages staff, logistics, administration and budget.

## Services

- Frontend development and architecture: complex, data-heavy Angular applications, monorepos, shared libraries and design systems.
- Fullstack delivery: features end to end across Angular, .NET (C#) and Spring Boot.
- Modernisation: upgrading older Angular applications to current versions with signals and standalone components.
- Quality and accessibility: unit and end-to-end tests, CI checks, WCAG 2.2 AA.
- Frontend leadership: guidelines, code reviews and coaching.
- AI-assisted delivery: setting up Claude Code and GitHub Copilot with written architecture decisions as context, CI checks and human review.

## Skills

Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, signals, NgRx, Storybook, Nx, Bootstrap, Tailwind, Vue.js and React (side projects), .NET (C#), Java Spring Boot, Node.js, NestJS, MongoDB, SQL, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, Google Cloud, Playwright, Cypress, Jest, axe-core, SonarQube, WCAG 2.2, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot.

## Education and recognition

- Bachelor in Applied Computer Science, KdG Antwerpen; language and culture at Sogang University, Seoul.
- Corporate IT Award, Best Customer Experience (Biddit for Fednot, 2019).
- Fit for the Future innovation award (MyLiantis, 2019).
- Speaker at VueJS Antwerp; Angular bootcamp teacher at ToThePoint (2018 and 2019).