Devon Burriss
Principal Software Developer at Coolblue
Randstad, Netherlands
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Top SchoolDevon Burriss is a Principal Software Developer with a decade of experience building scalable, domain-driven systems and APIs from the Randstad in the Netherlands. He combines hands-on engineering at Coolblue with entrepreneurial leadership as owner of Chimp Lab, favoring short feedback loops and validated assumptions to drive product development. A pragmatic coach and learner, Devon mentors teams to achieve high performance while staying deeply involved in architecture and backend work. His open-source contributions include extending Azure deployment capabilities in the well-regarded Farmer framework—adding ACR support, tests, and what-if deploy integrations—underscoring his DevOps and cloud expertise. South African by background, he brings an international perspective and a persistent curiosity rooted in a BSc in Information Technology. Colleagues describe him as a problem-solver who relishes new technologies and practical, testable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology at University of Port Elizabeth
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Github Skills (16)
fsharp10
azure10
microsoft-azure10
arm-templates10
cicd9
testing9
xunit9
netcore9
dockers7
docker7
asp-net-core-mvc6
asp-net6
visual-studio6
domain-driven-design6
bower6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
CompositionalIT/farmer
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Repeatable Azure deployments with ARM templates - made easy!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:20 commits, 7 PRs, 44 comments in 15 days
Contributions summary:Devon implemented the Azure Container Registry (ACR) functionality within the Farmer framework, adding builders, converters, and outputters for ACR resources. They introduced unit tests to validate the functionality and updated the samples and build scripts. Furthermore, the user integrated the "what-if" functionality within the deploy module. This work demonstrates a focus on expanding the capabilities of the Farmer framework for Azure deployments.
repeatabledeploymentdeploymentsazurearm-templates
dburriss/PhilosophicalMonkey
Jan 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:62 commits, 22 PRs, 47 pushes in 1 year 9 months
dotnethelper-libraryc-sharpcsharpreflection
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