Jan Boonen
Senior Software Craftsman at Rijkswaterstaat
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 (69)
operator9
data-infrastructure9
postgres-operator8
golang8
authentication8
ruby-client8
postgresql8
identity7
saml7
kubernetes7
authorization7
docker-image7
node-client6
security6
integrate6
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/microservices-demo
Nov 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:16 commits in 22 days
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