Jesse Van Bekkum
Lead Developer at Booking.com
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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SeniorJesse Van Bekkum is a Lead Developer with 13 years of software engineering experience, specializing in Java, architecture, and security, currently driving engineering efforts at Booking.com from the Randstad. He combines a strong theoretical foundation—a MSc in Computer Science from Eindhoven University of Technology—with practical delivery across finance, travel, identity management, and retail domains. Jesse has a track record of improving developer tooling and interoperability, evidenced by contributions to the widely used Lombok IntelliJ plugin where he enhanced @Builder support and fixed constructor-related bugs. He focuses on building secure, maintainable systems at scale while mentoring teams and shaping architecture decisions. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that bridge academic rigor and production realities.
13 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
lombok10
annotate10
java10
annotations10
builder-pattern10
intellij-plugin10
testing8
padding6
h26
junit6
stringbuilder6
jdbc6
log4j6
aes6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mplushnikov/lombok-intellij-plugin
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
Lombok Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jesse primarily contributed to the IntelliJ Lombok plugin, focusing on enhancing its functionality and compatibility. Their work involved adding support for features such as `@Wither` and default values within the `@Builder` annotation, fixing bugs related to all-args constructors, and improving the overall functionality of the plugin. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the plugin's support for Lombok's features and ensuring its proper integration with IntelliJ IDEA.
intellij-platformintellij-idealombokintellij-pluginjetbrains
Jessevanbekkum/id-fido-u2f
Dec 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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