Hans Bakker
Azure Architect at Xebia
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolHans Bakker is an Azure Architect with 11 years of experience designing and implementing cloud-native solutions, primarily within the Microsoft ecosystem. Trained as an MSc in Mechanical Engineering, he combines systems-thinking and hands-on development to turn requirements into tangible web, IoT and integration solutions. At Deloitte he led Azure adoption, built a 200+ member internal community and coached teams on best practices, and now applies that expertise architecting Azure platforms at Xebia. He contributes to prominent .NET open-source toolkits by improving core collection primitives and performance, reflecting a focus on maintainability and subtle bug fixes. Pragmatic, team-oriented and comfortable across back-end, mobile (MAUI/Xamarin/UWP) and IoT scenarios, he seeks product-led roles in manufacturing, IT or transport where long-lived systems and automation matter.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Mechanical Engineering (specialism: Design Engineering), Master of Science (MSc) Mechanical Engineering (specialism: Design Engineering) at University of TwenteVWO Natuur & Techniek, VWO Natuur & Techniek at Fons Vitae Lyceum
English, Dutch, German, Russian
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Github Skills (23)
net10
dotnet10
winui10
mvvm10
asp-net10
dotnet-core10
coding-style10
csharp10
code-formatting10
xaml9
code-standards9
uwp9
performance-optimization9
windows-app-sdk8
git8
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
CommunityToolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
The Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers, extensions, and custom controls. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building .NET apps with UWP and the Windows App SDK / WinUI 3 for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The toolkit is part of the .NET Foundation.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Hans primarily focused on modifying and improving the `ObservableGroup` class within the Microsoft.Toolkit.Collections namespace, making it mutable and subclassable. They addressed code style issues, optimized performance, and fixed potential bugs to prevent unnecessary property changed notifications. Additionally, the user appears to have contributed to the GazeInput functionality, particularly merging changes and addressing styling suggestions. These actions demonstrate a developer focused on improving core toolkit components and integrating changes from different branches.
mvvmwindows-sdkc-sharpcustom-controlswindows-10
CommunityToolkit/dotnet
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
.NET Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers and APIs that work for all .NET developers and are agnostic of any specific UI platform. The toolkit is maintained and published by Microsoft, and part of the .NET Foundation.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Hans primarily focused on improving the `ObservableGroup` class within the .NET Community Toolkit. Their contributions involved refactoring and optimizing the `ObservableGroup` class, including preventing unnecessary property changed notifications and applying code style suggestions. The user also collaborated with another developer on several commits, suggesting collaborative software development practices. These changes likely improved performance and maintainability of the toolkit.
netframeworkagnosticmvvmmauic-sharp
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