Kevin Buschgens — Front-end Engineer & AI Enthusiast
Founder of KIT Consulting — Crafting Software Excellence
I'm a freelance Angular, React and React Native developer based in Pelt, Belgium. I've been building web and mobile applications professionally since 2016 — 10+ years of experience. I specialise in design systems, component architecture, and scalable frontend codebases.
I'm the kind of developer who gets thrown in the deep end and comes back stronger. Every major transition in my career — embedded systems to frontend, Angular to React Native — started with zero experience and ended with deep expertise.
In 2024 I founded KIT Consulting to bring my expertise to clients as an independent consultant. I'm currently working as a freelance Angular, React & React Native developer at AVIOBOOK, building cross-platform communication apps for aviation.
Over the past year I've become deeply interested in AI-augmented development: using tools like Claude Code and Gemini CLI to build features faster, smarter, and more efficiently. This terminal is a live example.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Computer Science — Graduated Cum Laude
Hogeschool PXL · 2012 - 2016
Experience
May 2024 - Present
Founder & OwnerCurrent
KIT Consulting — Crafting Software Excellence
Pelt
Feb 2024 - Present
Angular, React & React Native DeveloperCurrent
AVIOBOOK
Hasselt
- Built and maintained a React and React Native communication app for pilots and crew (Web + iOS + Android)
- Separate Angular desktop application for dispatchers
- Architected a cross-platform component system using .tsx (web) and .native.tsx (mobile) file extensions
- Implemented the component library and design system across all platforms
Jul 2019 - May 2024
Craft Lead Frontend / Consultant
Continuum Consulting NV
Lummen/Hasselt
- Built a "Tinder for Technology" PWA for the DevOps Belgium / Devoxx conference
- Live dartboard TV visualization: future=centre, present=middle ring, past=outer ring
- Randomized prize system routing winners to information desks
- Tech lead and maintainer of a curriculum vitae parsing application (2024)
- Framework and tooling selection for multiple client projects
Nov 2019 - Dec 2023
Front-end Engineer
TrendMiner
Hasselt
- Large-scale industrial analytics SaaS platform for process and chemical industries
- Component library and design system within NX monorepo
- GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and Cypress E2E test suite
- 100% Jest code coverage (hard requirement — not optional)
- Fully reactive architecture with RxJS & NGRX
- Coached frontend developers and drove architectural decisions
- 6-month rotation as Java/Spring Boot backend developer to support team capacity
Sep 2017 - Jul 2019
Software Engineer Consultant
AE nv/sa — Architects for Business & ICT
Leuven
- Received one month of internal Angular/Firebase training before client placement
Sep 2017 - Jun 2019
Front-end Engineer
Ravago
Arendonk
- Led AngularJS → Angular 2+ migration across multiple codebases (~1 year project)
- Built the component library and design system from the ground up
- Close collaboration with UX designer on design tokens and theming
- Mentored junior and mid-level frontend developers
- Worked across multiple frontend codebases simultaneously
Aug 2016 - Sep 2017
Embedded Software Developer
Punch Powertrain(on behalf of Polteq)
Sint-Truiden
- Co-developed and refactored an automated test framework in Python
- First professional role after college — learned Python professionally
Feb 2016 - Jun 2016
Internship — Test Automation Development
De Persgroep Publishing
Asse
- Built and integrated an automated test framework for the De Morgen Android app