Jeroen Van Baarsen
Senior Software Engineer at Brandweer Gelderland-Midden
Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolJeroen Van Baarsen is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, usability, and DevOps, currently building observability tooling at AppSignal from Arnhem, Netherlands. He combines pragmatic full-stack development with a keen eye for developer experience, contributing to the RedwoodJS framework CLI to improve code generation, testing, and auth flows for startups. His background spans fast-moving product teams from startups to scale-ups, and he brings hands-on expertise in shipping reliable, testable systems. Outside software he serves in the regional fire brigade, a role that underscores his discipline, teamwork, and calm under pressure. Colleagues value him for thoughtful tooling improvements that make developers' lives easier and for translating usability concerns into robust engineering solutions.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Hogeschool van Arnhem en NijmegenRijn IJssel College
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
storybook10
jes10
typescript10
jestjs10
typescript-types10
jtest10
typescripts10
cli10
prisma9
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
react9
graphql9
apollo7
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
redwoodjs/redwood
Nov 2020 - May 2021
The App Framework for Startups
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 13 commits, 11 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Jeroen contributed primarily to the RedwoodJS framework's CLI, generating features, and making improvements to the generation of various components. The user added flags to the CLI generators for components, services, pages, layouts, and cells, allowing for more flexible customization of generated files, including options for skipping tests and stories. They also addressed the behavior of the storybook command, and implemented a change to the auth system. Furthermore, this user made changes to how the RedwoodJS CLI manages tests and stories, ensuring better code organization and more consistent testing practices.
reactprismajamstackgraphqlapollo
appsignal/design-language
Aug 2019 - Jan 2025
Shared front-end assets between docs, blog and our public website.
Contributions:40 PRs, 44 pushes, 46 branches in 5 years 5 months
assetsjavascriptfront-end
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