Jan Tjalsma
Software Engineer at trivago
Greater Palma de Mallorca Metropolitan Area Spain
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Top SchoolJan Tjalsma is a pragmatic software engineer with 10 years of experience building and modernizing web applications, currently contributing at trivago from the Greater Palma de Mallorca area. He excels at turning legacy systems into maintainable, cloud-ready services—having ported applications to Azure Kubernetes Service, improved Docker and CI/CD pipelines, and rewritten modules to reduce technical debt. A natural coach and collaborator, Jan prioritizes knowledge sharing and stakeholder value while tackling hands-on troubleshooting and integration work across education and research institutions. He combines a background in communications and linguistics with front-end and DevOps practice, giving him a user-focused perspective on technical solutions. Passionate about diversity and equal opportunities, he also follows developments in AI with a practical, implementation-minded curiosity.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Communications (BComm), Communication, Bachelor of Communications (BComm), Communication at University of Applied Sciences LeidenSoftware Development (HBO), Software Development (HBO) at NCOI OpleidingenMeteor, IOT, Cordova, Meteor, IOT, Cordova at Meteor in Flip FlopsLinguistics, Linguistics at Utrecht UniversityWeb Front End Developer, Web Front End Developer at GMI*DesignschoolSharePoint Workflow, SharePoint Workflow at Twice
English, Dutch, northern frisian, German, Spanish
Stackoverflow
610reputation
15kreached
31answers
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Github Skills (71)
twig-templates10
spring-boot10
spring10
mp39
java9
javascript8
slim8
twig-extension8
css8
templating8
materialize8
twig8
flash8
slim-framework8
streaming7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LeidenUniversityLibrary/Panoply
Jul 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 115 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 1 month
narrowcastingpodcast
janjouketjalsma/p3-racetimer
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:50 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
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