Jesse Dobbelaere
Software Engineer
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolJesse Dobbelaere is a software engineer based in Ghent, Belgium with 14 years of experience building web technologies and data-focused solutions. Currently a developer at Showpad, he blends back-end craftsmanship with a keen eye for front-end UX improvements, demonstrated by contributions to the open-source Fork CMS where he modernized jQuery UI, tightened CSS, and aligned code to PSR standards. A KU Leuven graduate (cum laude), Jesse combines rigorous academic foundations with practical production experience across CMS and web stacks. He gravitates toward pragmatic improvements—fixing typos and polishing interfaces as reliably as delivering architectural upgrades—helping teams ship cleaner, more maintainable code. Colleagues value him for thoughtful attention to detail and a steady drive to modernize legacy components.
14 years of coding experience
Cum Laude, Cum Laude at KU Leuven
Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (14)
cms10
php10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
jquery9
javascript9
css8
html8
recursion6
associations6
jboss6
sbt6
ckeditor6
bourbon6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
forkcms/forkcms
Apr 2014 - Oct 2021
Fork is an easy to use open source CMS using Symfony Components.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 253 commits, 103 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jesse primarily contributed to fixing and improving the Fork CMS back-end. Their commits focused on correcting typos, modifying the user interface to enhance user experience. They also worked on upgrading the jQuery UI to the latest version, refining the CSS styles, and improving code quality to align with the PSR standard.
cmsphpsymfony-bundleforkcmsfork-cms
glenncoppens/fork-cms-module-forum
Oct 2015 - Mar 2021
This is a forum module for Fork CMS.
Contributions:2 PRs in 5 years 5 months
cmsphpforumfork-cms
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