Design & Delivery
Developing business solutions from understanding requirements through to production deployment.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · ARCHITECTURE · FULL-STACK
I build software that is useful, reliable, and built to last.
Benjamin Lievens — software engineer with over 8 years of experience, specializing in business application development, legacy system evolution, and technical coordination.
Open to professional opportunities and discussionsLa Louvière, Wallonia, Belgium
8+ yearsof experience
Full-cyclefrom design to production
Leadtechnical leadership & mentoring
CAREER OVERVIEWPragmatic approach
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Benjamin Lievens
Software Engineering
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PROFILE
A technical profile that goes beyond code.
Self-directed and versatile, I work across the entire software development lifecycle: requirements analysis, design, development, integrations, optimization, deployment, and support. I enjoy making applications clearer, faster, and easier to maintain and evolve.
Quality & Performance
Refactoring, process and database optimization, and improved maintainability.
Technical Leadership
Mentoring junior developers, code reviews, pair programming, and technical coordination.
Systems Thinking
External integrations, server environments, VPNs, Active Directory, and incident resolution.
FEATURED PROJECTS
Practical solutions for demanding industries.
01WinDev / WebDev
Business Software · Legal Sector
Diogène
Case management software for bailiff offices in Belgium, covering functional enhancements, data exchange, external integrations, and document association with case files using OCR.
02WinDev · Web
Municipal Tax Management · Distribution
TaxTrack
Redesign of an application for managing municipal taxes associated with door-to-door leaflet distribution campaigns, including online access and real-time data tracking.
03WinDev · Payments · Mobile
Self-Service Dispensing Systems
SelfBar
Enhancement of applications for self-service beverage dispensers, integration of Viva Wallet, and redesign of the operator mobile app based on Figma mockups.
PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
Professional Experience
Business applications, major system redesigns, and technical leadership in close collaboration with users.
Aug 2025 — Nov 2025
Senior WinDev Developer · Fixed-term contract
SelfBar · Beersel · Hybrid
Development and optimization of software for autonomous beverage dispensing systems.
- Developed and optimized WinDev applications.
- Integrated the Viva Wallet payment solution.
- Redesigned an operator mobile application based on Figma mockups.
- Refactored existing code to improve performance and maintainability.
- Organized and led technical meetings to coordinate development work.
Aug 2023 — Jun 2025
Senior WinDev Developer · Lead Developer
Icare-Soft · Jumet · On-site
Enhanced Diogène, a comprehensive business application for bailiff offices, including web versions.
- Performed major refactoring to improve readability, maintainability, and performance.
- Adapted the software to the new bailiff fee schedule introduced in October 2024.
- Integrated external solutions, data exchange mechanisms, and OCR to associate documents with case files.
- Mentored and trained junior developers through code reviews and pair programming.
- Coordinated team activities and managed requests from around 100 clients.
- Installed and configured software and hardware, and managed VPN and Active Directory environments.
- Monitored technology developments and provided technical support to users.
Nov 2017 — Jul 2023
WinDev & PHP Laravel Developer
Adminor · Nivelles
Developed and redesigned business applications for managing, distributing, and tracking commercial activities.
- Redesigned TaxTrack for outsourced municipal tax management and real-time online tracking.
- Developed a multi-company tool for creating quotations, purchase orders, and invoices, including accounting exports and profitability calculations.
- Designed a web application using PHP 8 and Laravel to distribute promotional leaflets in addressed envelopes.
- Developed a WinDev Mobile application to survey mailboxes across Belgium.
- Created web interfaces for viewing tax information, transferring documents, and processing municipal declarations.
- Developed sales prospecting tools and systems for tracking jobs, time, quotations, and printing.
- Migrated notrecommune.com from ASP to PHP 7 and Laravel.
- Installed and configured hardware and software, and managed VPN and Active Directory environments.
SKILLS
Expertise built through hands-on experience.
Skills focused on business applications, legacy system modernization, and technical guidance.
Application Development
Data & Integrations
Engineering & Quality
Systems & Collaboration
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Learn, experiment, improve.
May 2025
Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Technofutur TIC
Supervised and unsupervised learning, data preparation, model training and evaluation, and experimentation with existing AI models.
Mar — Apr 2025
Python 3 for Data Scientists
Technofutur TIC
Advanced Python, data analysis with Pandas and NumPy, visualization with Matplotlib and Plotly, and an introduction to machine learning.
Feb — Mar 2025
Artificial Intelligence: Concepts, Tools & Practical Workshops
Technofutur TIC
AI fundamentals, LLMs and predictive models, text, audio, video, and image use cases, and exploration of AI tools.
Sep 2016 — Mar 2017
Cross-Platform Mobile Developer
Technofutur TIC
Mobile development using C#, Java, and Cordova.
Jan — May 2016
Web Developer
HELHa Mons
Final-year internship: development of a web-based quality management application.
Sep 2013 — Jun 2016
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science & Systems
HELHa Charleroi
Algorithms, software development (Java, C, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript), SQL databases, systems, and networking.
LET'S CONNECT
Have a project or a technical challenge? Let's talk.
I'm interested in discussing software development, application architecture, business application modernization, and software engineering.
Connect with me on LinkedInBased in La Louvière, Wallonia · Belgium