Anthony Defraine
Lead Java Developer at ekWateur
Liege Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Defraine is a Lead Java Developer with 13 years of experience building and guiding back-end systems, currently shaping billing software and engineering practices at ekWateur in Belgium. He combines hands-on Java development and architecture with people leadership—establishing CI/CD, TDD, code review workflows, and deployment procedures while mentoring teams. A regular contributor to the high-profile Apache Camel integration framework, his work includes Slack and RabbitMQ integrations, date expression features, and upgrading resilience libraries, showing a knack for pragmatic integration solutions. Previously he built billing engines and BI data pipelines at Lampiris, and he blends mathematical rigor from university studies with a systems networking background. Colleagues know him as a practical problem-solver who prefers structured quality processes and remote-friendly leadership.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Mise en réseau de systèmes informatiques et télécommunications, Bachelor's degree Mise en réseau de systèmes informatiques et télécommunications at InPrES (Hauté Ecole de la Province de Liège)Mathématiques et informatique, Mathématiques et informatique at University of LiègeSciences et Mathématiques, Sciences et Mathématiques at Athénée Royal Air Pur Seraing
French, English, Dutch
Github Skills (8)
javas10
slack-api10
integrate10
apache-camel10
integrations10
java10
microservices-application9
microservices9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
apache/camel
Feb 2019 - Jan 2023
Apache Camel is an open source integration framework that empowers you to quickly and easily integrate various systems consuming or producing data.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 15 commits, 13 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Anthony contributed to the Apache Camel integration framework, primarily by adding features related to date expressions, Slack integration, and Spring RabbitMQ configuration. They implemented new commands for date manipulation, leveraged the slack-api-model to create rich content, and improved the configuration of RabbitMQ message listeners. Furthermore, the user addressed minor bugs and upgraded Resilience4j to version 2.x.
integrationapache-camelintegration-frameworkapachecamel
Kinae/pornhub
Aug 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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