Jaap-jan Boor
VP Engineering at PAYTER
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJaap-jan Boor is a seasoned engineering leader with over a decade of experience designing system architecture and building software teams across embedded, consumer, automotive and IoT domains. He has risen through technical and leadership roles at TomTom, Philips Personal Health, Navico and XXImo, and now serves as VP Engineering at PAYTER, bringing product-focused system thinking to payments technology. Known for shipping complex platform and kernel-level software—such as Android-based in-dash infotainment and next-generation PND platforms—he blends deep hands-on expertise with strategic team development. Jaap-jan’s background in telecom real-time systems and a BSc in Computer Science Telematics give him a rigorous approach to lifecycle, version control and reliability. He often operates at the intersection of product and platform, reorganising teams and processes to accelerate delivery without sacrificing maintainability. Based in Rotterdam, he pairs technical authority with a practical, historically informed curiosity (he also studied history), which helps him spot non-obvious risks and opportunities in long-lived systems.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Chr. College Stad & LandeBA History, BA History at Hogeschool in HollandBSc Computer Science Telematics, BSc Computer Science Telematics at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
dutch, english, german
Github Skills (22)
domoticz9
php9
adobe8
magento8
ecommerce8
quest8
pogo7
raspberry-pi6
home-automation6
iot6
home-assistant6
android6
affiliates5
automation5
mqtt5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Jaap-Jan/GoIV
Jan 2018 - Aug 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 27 branches in 6 years 8 months
Jaap-Jan/domoticz-android
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 25 pushes, 19 branches in 25 days
domoticzandroidandroid-devices
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