About
We've sat in your chair.
PXLS exists because we've lived the problems we solve. Legacy codebases nobody wants to touch, framework migrations that stall halfway through, teams shipping without anyone setting the direction. We've been the lead frontend engineer responsible for fixing it, and now we help companies across Belgium and Europe do the same.
The story
Built from the trenches.
PXLS was founded in 2012 by Nathan Van Gierdegom in Ghent, Belgium. What started as hands-on frontend engineering has evolved into a consultancy focused on the hardest problems in frontend: the ones where code, architecture, and people all need to move in the same direction.
Over the years we've led modernizations for e-commerce platforms processing billions in revenue, built frontend practices from scratch for manufacturing giants, and rebuilt fintech trading platforms from the ground up. The common thread is always the same: a frontend that's holding the business back, and a team that needs both technical direction and someone willing to get their hands dirty.
We're not a staffing agency. We don't do body-shopping. We embed, we lead, and we leave teams in a better position than we found them.
How we work
Direct, embedded, outcome-focused.
We don't write reports from the sidelines. We join your team, work in your codebase, attend your standups, and ship code alongside your engineers. We operate as fractional technical leadership: the expertise of a senior hire without the six-month recruitment cycle.
Every engagement follows the same discipline. We assess the real problem first, not just the symptoms. We design and execute a path forward that works incrementally alongside business as usual. And we build the team and standards so the organization can carry it forward without us.
The goal is always the same: leave the team and codebase in a state where they don't need us anymore.
The team
Every engineer is a lead.
No juniors, no bench warmers. Every engineer at PXLS has over a decade of experience as a freelance lead frontend engineer, architecting complex platforms across React, Vue, Next.js, Nuxt, TypeScript, and Node.js. UX/UI engineering, design systems, and accessibility are part of how we work, not an afterthought. When we embed with a client, they get the same caliber of leadership we bring to our own work.
Equally comfortable presenting a modernization roadmap to a C-suite as writing the code to execute it. Translates complex technical problems into business decisions that get funded. Bridges engineering, design, and stakeholders. Tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.
The kind of technical lead that teams rally around. Deep architectural expertise paired with the energy that makes engineers want to do their best work. Leads from the front and builds trust fast. Complex rebuilds actually get finished when he's involved.
Gregory Deseck.
Thrives where the complexity is highest. A meticulous engineer who sees the patterns others miss, strongest on the deep technical side of frontend where architecture, performance, and code quality intersect. The person you want in the codebase when the problem is hard and the margin for error is small.
Like what you see?
We've seen worse, promise.
We ship results, not reports. Tell us what you need.