Jachim Coudenys
Director Of Software Engineering at HULPVERLENINGSZONE 1 (WEST-VLAANDEREN)
Torhout, West Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolJachim Coudenys is a Director of Software Engineering with 13 years of experience building and operating large-scale PHP-based platforms and developer workflows across European hosting environments. A Zend Certified Engineer and database-minded backend specialist, he has deep L(A|N]MP expertise and a track record of automating and stabilizing shared hosting clusters at Combell and team.blue. He contributes to major open-source projects—most notably improving Doctrine MongoDB ODM’s reference handling and hardening Sylius’ backend—demonstrating fluency in ORM internals and database-driven refactors. Beyond engineering leadership he shapes the PHP ecosystem as a Technical Advisory Board member of The PHP Foundation and runs grassroots community efforts as an enabler for PHP-WVL. Off the clock he brings discipline and teamwork from volunteering as a firefighter and coaching youth tech initiatives, a combination that underscores his practical, service-oriented approach to complex system problems.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MongoDB UniversityPhotography, Photography at Syntra WestGuido Gezelleschool BruggeInformatica Beheer, Informatica Beheer at Sint-Jozefsinstituut-College TorhoutKubernetes for Developers (LFD259), Kubernetes for Developers (LFD259) at The Linux FoundationBachelor's degree, Multimedia & Communications Technology, Bachelor's degree, Multimedia & Communications Technology at HOWEST Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
English, Dutch, French
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Github Skills (17)
symfony-bundle10
ecommerce10
mongodb-database10
phpunit10
php10
orm10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
sylius10
odm10
mongodb10
api9
restful-api8
apc6
zend-framework6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
doctrine/mongodb-odm
Jul 2015 - Sep 2016
The Official PHP MongoDB ORM/ODM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 7 PRs, 38 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jachim primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the reference handling mechanisms within the Doctrine MongoDB ODM library. Their contributions included fixing bugs related to references, particularly for simple references. They introduced new features such as the storeAs configurations, adding different types to store MongoDB references. Furthermore, they updated the documentation and tests to reflect the changes made to the reference handling system.
document-mapperdatabasemapperodmdoctrine
Sylius/Sylius
Jun 2015 - Oct 2016
Open Source eCommerce Framework on Symfony
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 9 PRs, 44 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Jachim primarily contributed to the backend of the Sylius eCommerce framework, focusing on refactoring and bug fixes. Their commits addressed issues related to static content handling, database queries, and the removal of deprecated features. The user also made modifications to models and interfaces within the core components of the system, ensuring code quality and system stability. The contributions showcase an understanding of the framework's internal workings and the ability to improve its overall functionality.
apisyliusecommercephpheadless-ecommerce
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