David Kijkuit
Teamlead Senior Java Software Engineer at Ministerie van Defensie
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Kijkuit is a Teamlead Senior Java Software Engineer with over 10 years of hands-on experience building and leading backend and integration teams across public and private sectors. He combines deep Java expertise—from J2EE and APIs to Android and cloud-native integration—with a practical DevOps mindset, having migrated ESBs to Apache Camel and run platforms on Kubernetes in Azure. As owner of a successful Android app with 30,000+ users, he pairs product empathy and user-driven iteration with enterprise delivery for clients like Philips and Rabobank. Known for stepping out of pure engineering roles, he focuses on listening to end users and translating business needs into maintainable solutions. Outside work he pursues robotics/IoT and high-speed hobbies, reflecting a persistent curiosity for new technologies and fast-moving systems.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Avans University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, English
Github Skills (128)
docker10
letsencrypt9
glusterfs9
golang9
reverse-proxy9
inline-editor9
zookeeper9
proxy9
node-red9
traefik-plugin9
vip9
load-balancing9
kubernetes9
etcd9
traefik9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dkijkuit/checkheadersplugin
Dec 2020 - Oct 2021
This plugin checks the incoming request for specific headers and their values to be present and matching the configuration.
Contributions:6 releases, 5 reviews, 16 commits in 10 months
matchingincomingpluginheaderschecks
dkijkuit/node-red-contrib-buienradar
Aug 2016 - Jul 2020
Node-RED node that gets the weather from buienradar.nl
Contributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 27 pushes in 3 years 11 months
buienradarnodejsnode-red
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