A freelance senior software engineer for Amsterdam product teams

Accessibility and performance audits with the fixes, Next.js and SaaS builds, integrations and AI features for Amsterdam product teams, with most of the day shared.

Time zone: UTC+1 / UTC+2
Shared hours: 13:30–22:30, Mumbai time, in January
Region: North Holland, Netherlands
Invoices: EUR

Why Amsterdam teams bring me this work

Accessibility shows why an Amsterdam product team might want an engineer rather than a plugin: the ACM has enforced the rules for e-commerce since 28 June 2025, and its first check of the largest Dutch online stores found that most of them couldn't take an order through assistive technology. I audit against WCAG 2.2, fix what the audit finds in your code, and add the checks that keep it fixed, alongside Next.js builds, performance work and the integrations a growing product needs.

What teams across the European Union bring me

The European Accessibility Act has applied since June 2025, and you need to know what to fix first in your product.
Your stack has to pass a GDPR review: data maps, processor terms, transfers and retention.

Working with teams in the European Union

The hours we share with Amsterdam

Amsterdam is on Central European Time: your 09:00 is 13:30 in Mumbai in winter and 12:30 in summer. Your morning and early afternoon fall inside my working day, so audit findings are walked through live, and every fix ships with a note on what changed and how to check it.

Each city's 09:00–18:00 working day on the clock in Mumbai (UTC+5:30), in January and in July, so daylight saving is accounted for.

Shared hours with Amsterdam
City	In January	In July
AmsterdamUTC+1 / UTC+2	13:30–22:30	12:30–21:30

Clocks Central European Time (UTC+1) in winter, Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October, under Directive 2000/84/EC; clocks change at 01:00 UTC.

Rules a Amsterdam team's software meets

The supervisory authority

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) is the independent supervisor of personal-data rules in the Netherlands.

Source: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens: Over de AP

The GDPR Implementation Act

The Netherlands supplements the GDPR with the GDPR Implementation Act (Uitvoeringswet Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming, UAVG).

Source: wetten.overheid.nl: UAVG

Accessibility law

The Netherlands transposed the European Accessibility Act through the Implementatiewet toegankelijkheidsvoorschriften producten en diensten (Staatsblad 2024, 87, signed 8 April 2024). It amends several laws, including the Civil Code for e-commerce services, and names the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) as a competent authority.

Source: Officiële Bekendmakingen: Staatsblad 2024, 87

Accessibility enforcement

Since 28 June 2025 the ACM has enforced accessibility rules for e-commerce and electronic communications services. They apply to companies with 10 or more employees or more than €2 million in annual turnover, and the ACM uses WCAG 2.1 level AA as the benchmark, with WCAG 2.2 AA expected to become the standard during 2026.

Source: ACM: Accessibility of e-commerce services

The first checks

An ACM check of about 100 of the largest Dutch online stores found that on 61 per cent of them it was impossible to place an order using assistive technology.

Source: ACM: Majority of large online stores not accessible

Across the European Union: GDPR · European Accessibility Act · AI Act, Article 50

This is engineering guidance, not legal advice: confirm what applies to your business with your counsel.

Contracts and invoicing

Invoices in euros, per milestone, paid through Wise or Payoneer. I can work under your contract, with a GDPR Article 28 data processing agreement and Standard Contractual Clauses for any transfer of personal data to India.

More on working with teams in the European Union is on the European Union page.

Tax and legal treatment depends on your company and country: confirm it with your accountant or counsel.

Where Amsterdam teams usually start

Accessibility audit and remediation
WCAG 2.2 AA audits and the fixes in your code, for teams under the European Accessibility Act or asked for a conformance report.
Price
Fixed price for the audit, then a quote for the fixes
Timeline
Audit first, then fixes in stages
Next.js development and migration
Fast, indexable front ends: new Next.js builds, and migrations from single-page React or PHP templates without losing search traffic.
Price
Fixed quote after the inventory
Timeline
Planned after an inventory of routes and templates
Performance and Core Web Vitals audit
Find out in five working days exactly why your application is slow, and what to fix first.
Price
Fixed price
Timeline
Agreed per project
API development and integrations
APIs other teams can build on, and integrations with payments, CRMs and SaaS tools that never lose data quietly.
Price
Fixed quote per integration or API
Timeline
Scoped per integration after mapping the systems

Case studies

Case study: TopGear India CMS · CMS migration and modernization
page load time, before → after
1–3 min → 3 s
Case study: Exhibit Social · B2B SaaS platform
influencers indexed
10,000+
Case study: Digital Wardrobe · AI pipeline
average time per image, upload to result
3–8 s

Questions from Amsterdam teams

What hours do we share with Amsterdam?

Your 09:00 is 13:30 in Mumbai from late October to late March and 12:30 in summer. Your morning and early afternoon are inside my working day, which is when audit walkthroughs and reviews happen.

Does the accessibility law apply to our Dutch web shop?

If you have 10 or more employees or more than €2 million in annual turnover, the ACM says it does, and it has enforced the rules for e-commerce since 28 June 2025. Its benchmark is WCAG 2.1 level AA, with WCAG 2.2 AA expected to become the standard during 2026, so I audit against 2.2. Confirm what applies with your counsel.

Do you have an office in Amsterdam?

No. I work remotely from Mumbai, with no office or staff in the Netherlands, and I don't offer in-person meetings in Amsterdam. Audits are walked through on video, with the full report in writing.