Sarah Kerkhove
Data Engineer
Tienen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Kerkhove is a data engineer and seasoned software developer with 15 years of experience building backend systems, research prototypes, and responsive front-ends across .NET, Angular and data-driven environments. Currently at UCLL Research & Expertise, she brings research-grade rigor from her time at imec/IDLab working on projects like FUSE and DYNAMO while also shipping production features for bespoke ERP and SaaS products. Her hands-on background spans full-stack work—evidenced by a front-end-focused paint-by-numbers generator project where she implemented UI, palette generation and export features—and pragmatic backend design from long-term .NET roles. Comfortable bridging academia and industry, she tutors advanced software development topics and translates research into usable tooling. Based in Tienen, Belgium, she pairs deep technical breadth with practical UX sensibility and an interest in interdisciplinary skills (including sign language interpretation and therapeutic massage studies) that inform collaborative, user-centered solutions.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation, Sign Language Interpretation and Translation at VGTcBachelor Informatica, Bachelor Informatica at KU LeuvenMassage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage, Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage at De SchoonheidsschoolProfessional Bachelor Toegepaste Informatica, Professional Bachelor Toegepaste Informatica at HOGENTMaster's Degree Master of Science in de industriële wetenschappen: informatica, Master's Degree Master of Science in de industriële wetenschappen: informatica at Ghent University
English, Dutch
Github Skills (11)
html10
generator10
javascript10
image-processing10
image10
ui-design9
css9
typescripts8
typescript8
react8
typescript-types8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
drakarah/paintbynumbersgenerator
Apr 2018 - Jan 2021
Paint by numbers generator
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 44 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily focused on developing the front-end components of a paint-by-numbers generator. They implemented UI elements, added image loading functionality, and integrated features such as palette generation and SVG/PNG download. Code changes also included modifications to the settings panel, improving the user interface and experience. The contributions centered around enhancing the application's usability and functionality.
generatorimage
drake7707/ocr-receipt
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
Rectifies receipts from video feed and OCR's them with Tesseract JS
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 6 months
ocrtesseractjscomputer-vision
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