About me

I am a young and passionate Android developer, situated in Antwerp.

• I have a passion for design
• I like clean and elegant code
• I am comfortable and experienced working in team-based environments
• I am responsible, flexible, and respect deadlines
• I enjoy working and playing with new technologies

Projects / Experience

Current

DPG Media - Senior Android developer

January 2021 - now

I am currently employed at DPG Media as senior Android developer, working on the popular OTT streaming platforms VTM GO and Streamz.

Previous

icapps - senior Android developer

August 2016 - December 2020

I used to work at icapps as Android developer. I did both in-house and consultancy projects, mostly in Kotlin. Check out icapps here: https://icapps.com/
During my career here I have contributed to many interesting projects such as:

• Bolero Tablet [link]
• Yelo Play by Telenet [link]
• Philips Hue (v3 app redesign) [link]
• Horizon Go by Liberty Global [link]
• ... and much more!

Surf - Internship at appbackr inc, Palo Alto

April - June 2016

Between April and June 2016 I did an internship in Palo Alto as an Android developer, at a tech-startup called appbackr inc. The project I worked on is called "Surf", which is an Android app for app discovery, based on user location, user app usage and more. My job as intern involved mainly Android development, but also graphics, UI and UX design.

HackTheFuture Hackathon - Cronos

December 2015

Won first prize at the HackTheFuture hackathon in the category "Mobile", organized by Cronos. We created a material design Android application for trading items with a virtual valuta in a "Fallout" world.

SoundTouchHack hackathon - Bose, Xplore Group

October 2015

Won first prize (”best app”) at the Bose SoundTouchHack hackathon, organized by Bose and Xplore Group. The Android app we made is a tinder-like collaborative music player application for Bose SoundTouch systems, implemented with Material Design in mind.

Youth Participation Platform - TreeCompany

February - June 2015

A web application designed to give young people a stronger voice in their municipality. Written in C# (ASP.Net MVC5), accompanied by an Android client. Chosen as 2nd best project (school-wide) by the client (TreeCompany).

Personal projects

A/D Watchface

A clean and animated analog + digital watchface for WearOS watches, with many customizations possible. Over 100k installs on Google Play.

JellyLauncher

A lightweight launcher replacement for WearOS watches, which makes launching apps on a tiny screen a little easier. Also implements a custom Watch Tile through an unofficial API.

Language skills

Contact

I am currently not looking for new opportunities. I respect recruiters but please don't contact me if you do not have any concrete and relevant job openings. Get in touch with me via contact@maarten.vg or via LinkedIn.