Jérôme De Cuyper
Software Developer Engineer at Amazon
Mexico City
Summary
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Top SchoolJérôme De Cuyper is a seasoned Software Development Engineer with 15 years of experience and eight years at Amazon, where he progressed to SDE3 and delivered high-impact retail features across Mexico and Brazil, including ML-driven search relevance and cross-border product launches. He excels at quickly mastering legacy codebases, diagnosing complex production issues, and designing scalable AWS-hosted services while mentoring peers on technical and leadership excellence. His background spans full-stack work from front-end UI improvements (notably contributions to the popular Select2 library) to back-end and documentation fixes in HTTP/2 tooling, reflecting a pragmatic open-source mindset. With a Master’s in Computer Science from ITESM and early career roles in industrial HMI and financial systems, he blends systems thinking with product-focused execution across diverse domains.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor in Sociolgy, Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis, Bachelor in Sociolgy, Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis at Université catholique de LouvainMaster in Computer Science., Computer Software Engineering, Master in Computer Science., Computer Software Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey / ITESM
French, Dutch, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese
Github Skills (11)
http10
javascript10
jquery10
python10
documentation10
select210
testing9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
rest-api7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
python-hyper/hyper
Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
HTTP/2 for Python.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Technical Writer
Back-end Developer & Technical WriterContributions:37 commits, 19 PRs, 52 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jérôme primarily focused on improving the project's documentation and making targeted code changes. They updated documentation examples, replacing references to external services (like Twitter) with internal ones. They also made minor spelling and formatting corrections to improve clarity. Furthermore, the user contributed by adding their name to the contributors list.
python
select2/select2
Aug 2013 - Jan 2014
Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 1 comment in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jérôme contributed primarily to the `select2` library by implementing new features and fixing bugs related to the user interface and component behavior. They added the `nextSearchTerm` and `hideSelectionFromResult` functions, enhancing search functionality and customization options. Additionally, they removed duplicated options, preventing selection issues, and addressed other minor UI/UX improvements within the JavaScript code.
jqueryselect2javascript
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