Erik Pragt
Principal Software Engineer at Australian Payments Plus
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolErik Pragt is a Principal Software Engineer based in Sydney with over two decades of hands-on experience building and leading software teams across finance, telecom, healthcare and payments. He combines deep Java/Groovy expertise with pragmatic architecture, TDD and agile coaching, having held roles from team lead and scrum master to lead architect and principal engineer. Erik excels at delivering reliable distributed systems and has a track record of improving developer experience and build processes—evident in open-source contributions such as UI and Gradle integrations for the popular AsciiDoc IntelliJ plugin and backend features for JVM data-faker libraries. Comfortable switching between hands-on coding and strategic leadership, he focuses on quality, testability and pragmatic architecture to make projects succeed. Known for thriving in freelance and product environments alike, he brings a calm, systems-minded approach and a penchant for fixing tricky UI/UX and validation edge cases that others often miss.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor (Cum Laude) IT, Bachelor (Cum Laude) IT at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesCollege, College at Albert Schweitzer SchoolHAVO, HAVO at Zuyderzee College
English, French, Dutch, Spanish
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Github Skills (35)
asciidoctor10
json10
asciidoc10
back-end-development10
java10
javas10
antora10
intellij-plugin10
spring-boot10
awt9
intellij9
validations9
ubuntu9
ajax9
grails9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
datafaker-net/datafaker
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
Generating fake data for the JVM (Java, Kotlin, Groovy) has never been easier!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:12 releases, 223 reviews, 622 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Erik implemented a feature for generating Brazilian CPF numbers, requiring modifications to the `Faker.java` file and the creation of a new `Sip.java` file. They also integrated a new library to ensure proper number generation. This work involved back-end logic, number validation, and potentially database schema design.
groovytestingneverjava-kotlinkotlin
asciidoctor/asciidoctor-intellij-plugin
Nov 2014 - Jul 2016
AsciiDoc plugin for products on the IntelliJ platform (IDEA, RubyMine, etc)
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:108 commits, 46 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Erik primarily contributed to the IntelliJ plugin's user interface and functionality. They fixed tab sequences, restored editor states on restart, and renamed tabs. Additionally, the user upgraded the AsciiDoc version, and integrated initial Gradle support. The commits show direct interaction with core UI elements and build configuration.
intellij-platformasciidoctorrubyminepluginasciidoc
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