Kris Kater
Senior Software Engineer & Data Specialist
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolKris Kater is a Senior Software Engineer and Data Specialist with over two decades of hands-on experience building scalable cloud-native and e-commerce systems, now focused on GenAI, RAG, Semantic Kernel and vector databases. He combines deep back-end expertise in C#/.NET, Azure, microservices, event sourcing and CI/CD with practical front-end skills and extensive Commercetools integrations, having led global teams and migrations at enterprises like PPG and Fontem. Known for simplifying complex systems and translating stakeholder needs into maintainable solutions, Kris thrives on both greenfield initiatives and the challenge of modernizing brownfield platforms. He runs the freelance studio Abstract Matters and recently joined PGGM to “build awesome AI stuff,” reflecting a strong tilt toward applied AI in production. Outside engineering he trains as a yoga teacher and practices Vipassana, bringing a calm, disciplined approach to technical leadership and collaboration.
13 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bikram Yoga, Bikram Yoga at Become Yoga AmsterdamComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesYoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy at De Nieuwe YogaschoolMBO IT, MBO IT at Nova CollegeVipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin at Dhamma Pajjota
Dutch, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
web-application-firewall10
waf10
docker-desktop10
sqlproj10
facebook10
nginx10
dacpac10
iis10
traffic10
dotnet-core10
entity-framework10
modsecurity10
database10
microsoft-sql9
web-platform9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
alfa8/navix.bundle
Feb 2013 - Mar 2013
Contributions:30 commits in 27 days
youfoundkris/commercetools-dotnet-core-sdk
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
The e-commerce SDK from commercetools running on the .NET Core platform
Contributions:2 pushes in 27 days
dotnetcommercesdke-commercecommercetools
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