Guus Beckett
Principal Software Engineer at Meer Natuur
Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolGuus Beckett is a Principal Software Engineer with 12+ years in IT, currently designing and leading cloud-native, highly available messaging platforms at CM.com. He architected a fully automated Kubernetes environment that delivered 99.99% uptime, reduced deployment time by 80%, and migrated 200+ microservices to Flux CD, and now extends that foundation by building private cloud regions across EU, US and APAC with Infrastructure as Code. A hands-on leader who has grown from engineer to manage multiple teams, he pairs deep system engineering expertise (Kubernetes, SaltStack, RKE2/TKGi/GKE) with a pragmatic focus on observability and developer enablement. Beyond engineering he co-founded his company’s first Works Council and serves as treasurer for both a nature foundation and a national political party, blending technical stewardship with governance and public-facing accountability. Notably, he holds a PGP identity on his GitHub profile, underscoring a security-conscious, transparent approach to collaboration.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of ICT, Computer Science, Bachelor of ICT, Computer Science at Avans Hogeschool BredaHavo diploma, Nature and Technology, Havo diploma, Nature and Technology at Newmancollege
Dutch, English
Github Skills (25)
mms9
rbm9
viber9
rcs9
voice8
sms8
ide7
chat7
arduino7
whatsapp7
telegram6
sdk6
messaging6
arduino-ide5
wechat5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Kraegon/3D-CGR-Exercises
Apr 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:39 commits in 6 months
guusbeckett/guusbeckett.github.io
Dec 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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