Peter Symoens

Technical architect/ full stack developer @ BNP

Brussels, Belgium

As a software engineer with 20 years of experience in application design and development, I bring strong expertise across both back-end and front-end technologies. I have a proven track record as a lead developer, guiding technical direction, mentoring teams, and driving complex projects to completion. My experience includes leveraging AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, and streamline delivery workflows. I have solid skills in application architecture, DevOps and cloud-native deployments, enabling me to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.

Top roles

Developer / Programmer< 2 years

Quality Specialist< 2 years

Technical Analyst< 2 years

Back-end

Java

Python

Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

Front-end

JavaScript

Miscellaneous

Machine Learning

Language

Fluent English

English

Fluent

Dutch

Fluent

French

Good

Work experience

Since 2019

Technical architect/ full stack developer @ BNP

01 February 2025 - 31 January 2026

Development of a data governance application comprising a data dictionary and a data lineage module. Technical architecture and implementation of the data lineage module based on the OpenLineage specification. Development of custom lineage visualizations. Refactored and enhanced the existing data dictionary module to improve functionality and maintainability.

Technical architect/ lead developer @ VDAB

01 January 2024 - 31 January 2025

Development of a data visualisation application. Refactor, add build scripts and deploy on Kubernetes containers. Rewrite the application using a Python REST API back-end (FastAPI) and SingleStore database.

Full Stack Developer @ Orange

01 February 2023 - 30 November 2023

Setup of a Python development environment for data analysts. Assist with data science and machine learning tasks, create REST API for executing Python ELT scripts.

Technical Lead @ Flemish Government

01 September 2021 - 30 June 2022

Responsible for evaluating new technologies for an online environmental permit requests platform. Led the UX design and coaching of developers.

Application architect/ Technical lead @ Easyfairs

01 March 2021 - 31 August 2021

Responsible for evaluating and selecting the front-end tech stack, setting up the development environment and coding core features for an online networking platform.

Quality assessment of an application @ Engie

01 December 2019 - 31 December 2019

Analyzed code base and coding practices, suggested code decoupling and reuse mechanisms to improve quality.

Education experience

Since 2000

Data Science @ Databricks

01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023

Data Science with Databricks for Data Analysts Specialisation.

Advanced Data Analytics @ google

01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023

Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate.

Machine Learning @ Coursera - Stanford Online

01 January 2022 - 31 December 2022

Machine Learning Specialisation.

UI design patterns @ Interaction design foundation

01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

UI design patterns for successful software.

Human Computer Interaction @ UC San Diego

01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Human Computer Interaction.

Computer Science @ KU Leuven - Group T Leuven Campus

01 September 2000 - 30 June 2003

Bachelor degree in Computer Science.