Jan Boonen
Senior Software Craftsman at the/experts.
North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Boonen is a Senior Software Craftsman and software architect with 11 years of experience building Spring-based Java systems and scalable web platforms, with a deep specialty in geospatial solutions (PostGIS, Geoserver, OpenLayers). He operates at the intersection of enterprise integration and GIS, bringing hands-on development to architectural responsibilities and regular technical audits that consider both code quality and team dynamics. Jan has led cloud-native platform work and tech-led teams at Geodan and advised public-sector projects like inland shipping optimization and employee portals via the/experts. His toolbox spans Kubernetes, Hibernate, Lucene/Solr, AMQP and NoSQL, and he favors well-designed open-source solutions that serve everyday users. Cross-cultural staff work in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an academic background in geophysics give him practical empathy for multidisciplinary teams and complex spatial problems. He is motivated by pragmatic open-source initiatives and enjoys turning domain complexity into maintainable, user-focused software.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Geophysics, MSc, Geophysics at Utrecht UniversityEH
Dutch, English, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, French, German
Github Skills (59)
data-infrastructure9
operator9
postgres-operator8
ruby-client8
golang8
postgresql8
docker-image7
keycloak7
kubernetes7
node-client6
python6
patroni6
saml6
testing6
tcp5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Geodan/sonarqube-docker
Nov 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 8 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 2 months
sonarqubedockerdocker-image
boonen/jetta
Aug 2025 - Oct 2025
JUnit Extension for Testcontainers & IntelliJ HTTP Client
Contributions:2 releases, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 months
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