Damiaan Van Der Kruk
Kotlin Software Developer at Ahold Delhaize
Overijssel, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDamiaan Van Der Kruk is a Kotlin software developer and engineering leader with over a decade of experience building cloud-native and mission-critical systems across finance, defence and SaaS. He has led tech strategy and scaled engineering teams from a handful to ~20 engineers while driving architecture, automated testing and continuous delivery improvements. Equally comfortable in Kotlin and Java backends as in ReactJS frontends and AWS deployments, he has a track record of delivering zero-downtime migrations, low-latency banking features and robust radar operator tooling. Damiaan contributes to notable open-source projects such as SDKMAN!, where he enhanced platform detection for LinuxARM64, reflecting a pragmatic focus on cross-platform reliability. Trained as an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Twente and a former reservist, he combines disciplined, systems-level thinking with a people-first approach to mentoring and team growth. He’s motivated by solving impactful problems that blend technical excellence with measurable customer value.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MSc Computer Science, Master of Science - MSc Computer Science at University of TwenteBachelor Information and Communication Technology, Bachelor Information and Communication Technology at HAN University of Applied Sciences
English, Dutch
Github Skills (8)
bash10
groovy10
test-automation10
scripting9
shell9
script9
unit-testing9
sh9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sdkman/sdkman-cli
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
The SDKMAN! Command Line Interface
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 22 days
Contributions summary:Damiaan focused on enhancing platform detection capabilities, specifically adding support for LinuxARM64 architecture within the SDKMAN! CLI. Their contributions primarily involved modifying the `sdkman-init.sh` script and the `UnixUtils.groovy` file to correctly identify the operating system and architecture. Furthermore, the user removed a default parameter and fixed formatting in supporting files. Additionally, the user made several test-related updates in Groovy test files.
clicommand-line-interfacesdkcommand-linesdkman
dvdkruk/xtext-xsd-resourceprovider
Nov 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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