About me

Hi there! I am a freelance back-end developer with over 15 years of experience. I love to build scalable projects utilizing the latest standards and trying out new things along the way. I am regularly on the lookout for new projects so if you would have an interest in hiring me; please get in touch.

Michiel van Alphen

My services

Development

Do you have a new concept in mind, need a tech lead or just extra development power for your agile project? Whatever your idea, I can be the aid you need!

Part of the team

I like working with other developers in teams, and can support your current project for longer term or just for a few sprints.

Architecture

In collaboration with domain experts, information analysts and product owners I can design scalable solutions that suit the needs of your organization.

If you would like to hire me or get a specific quote, please get in touch.

My Skills

Java is a class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. Java
Class-based, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language.

A modern programming language Kotlin
Cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language.

PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development PHP
Widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language.

JavaScript is a high-level, interpreted programming language JavaScript
High-level, interpreted programming language.

TypeScript brings you optional static type-checking along with the latest ECMAScript features TypeScript
A typed superset of JavaScript that compiles plain JavaScript.

Codeception simplifies integration testing Codeception
Codeception simplifies advanced integration testing.

Toolkit for building reactive applications on the JVM. Eclipse Vert.x
Toolkit for building reactive applications on the JVM.

Docker can build, ship, and run distributed applications Docker
Operatingsystem level virtualization software also known as containerization.

Lightweight framework that takes most of the work out of configuring Spring-based applications Spring Boot
Lightweight framework that takes most of the work out of configuring Spring-based applications.

mobile, web, and desktop apps all with one shared code base and open web standards Ionic
Mobile, web, and desktop apps all with one shared code base and open web standards.

Reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services. Amazon web services
Reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services.

Reliable, high-performance, distributed event streaming platform. Apache Kafka
Reliable, high-performance, distributed event streaming platform.

General-purpose distributed memory caching system Memcached
High-performance, distributed memory object caching system.

Higly scalable NoSql database MongoDB
Cross-platform and open-source document-oriented NoSql database.

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database MySql
The world's most popular open source database.

Neo4j is a graph database management system Neo4j
Neo4j is a graph database management system.

Cucumber is a tool that supports Behaviour-Driven Development(BDD) Cucumber
Cucumber is a tool that supports Behaviour-Driven Development(BDD)

Toolset to load test applications Gatling
Toolset to load test applications

Automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications Kubernetes
Automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications

Ansible is the simplest way to automate apps and IT infrastructure Ansible
Ansible is the simplest way to automate apps and IT infrastructure.

Dependency Manager for PHP Composer
Composer is a tool for dependency management in PHP.

Manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information Maven
Manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

RabbitMQ is an open source message broker software RabbitMq
High performance and scalable lightweight open source message broker.

Redis is an open-source in-memory database project implementing a distributed, in-memory key-value store Redis
In-memory key/value store, used as a database, cache and message broker.

Symfony is a PHP web application framework and a set of reusable PHP components/libraries Symfony
Symfony is a set of reusable PHP components and a PHP framework for web projects.

Laminas allows you to write PSR-7 middleware applications for the web Laminas
Laminas allows you to write PSR-7/PSR-15 middleware applications for the web.

Angular is a platform for building mobile and desktop web applications. Angular
Angular is a platform for building mobile and desktop web applications.

A progressive Node.js backend framework. NestJS
A progressive Node.js backend framework.

Cloud Platform Google cloud
A suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses.

The PHP Standard Recommendation (PSR) is a PHP specification published by the PHP Framework Interop Group PHP-FIG
The PHP Standard Recommendation (PSR) is a PHP specification focussed on collaboration.

Git is a distributed version control system Git
Distributed version control system.

Lets get in touch

Rocketsintshesky.com / Michiel van Alphen
Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Give me a call on +31 (0)620119826