Jeroen Bobbeldijk is a pragmatic CTO and backend engineer with 13 years of experience designing and operating scalable server-side systems using Go, MySQL, MongoDB and Linux. He co-founded and led Klippa’s technical architecture and backend for over a decade, and now drives AI-focused strategy and execution as CTO at AI.dp. A hands-on developer, he contributes to well-known open-source projects like Dependabot and CocoaPods, improving GitLab file operations and build scripting reliability. Jeroen combines deep backend engineering with practical DevOps expertise and an eye for robust testing, often tackling subtle edge cases in integrations and repository workflows. Based in Groningen, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a track record of turning complex data-rich problems into maintainable, production-ready services.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
VMBO, VMBO at CLV
MBO, Application Development, MBO, Application Development at ROC Midden Nederland
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
🤖 Dependabot's core logic for creating update PRs.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:11 reviews, 14 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Jeroen primarily focused on enhancing Dependabot's core logic, particularly within the GitLab integration. Their contributions involved implementing file operations (create, delete, update) to handle changes in GitLab repositories, ensuring the correct operation of the pull request creation and updating processes. They added unit tests for file operations, improved testing for created/updated/deleted files, and addressed issues related to handling deleted files within the system. They also added tests for alternative Git sources.
Contributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 14 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:Jeroen focused on improving the internal scripting for selecting the correct xcframework slices. They refactored the script, replacing existing logic with more robust regular expressions for slice selection. The changes addressed bugs and inefficiencies in the slice selection process, contributing to more reliable and efficient builds. The user made several refinements to enhance code clarity and overall script performance.
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