Lars Bakker
Head IT (IT Area Lead) - Global Channels at ING
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolLars Bakker is a pragmatic software leader with 11 years of experience who currently heads Global Channels IT at ING from Amsterdam, blending hands-on frontend engineering with strategic area leadership. He specializes in modern web applications and web components, contributing notable open-source improvements to projects like open-wc, lion, and the modernweb test runner where he worked on HMR, test scheduling, Playwright integration and performance-focused refinements. His background spans full-stack and build-tool work (including significant contributions to Rollup plugins and module resolution), which informs his emphasis on developer experience, testability and maintainability. A historian by original training with a minor in computer science, he brings a curious, interdisciplinary perspective that shows up in pragmatic refactors and tooling that ease real-world developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Minor Computer Science, Minor Computer Science at Leiden University
Github Skills (26)
lit-element10
javascript10
testng10
testing10
module-loader10
typescript10
chromium10
web-components10
plugin10
mochajs10
commonjs10
rollupjs10
typescript-types10
code-coverage10
nodejs10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
modernweb-dev/web
Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
Guides, tools and libraries for modern web development.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:134 reviews, 667 commits, 1202 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Lars implemented core features for a new test runner, focusing on the integration of various browser technologies. They were responsible for setting up the initial structure of the test runner core, implementing a test scheduler and framework, adding a CLI, setting up browser testing including Chrome and Playwright, integration with a dev server, adding the support to write tests using mocha, and adding a testing for code coverage. They also contributed to improvements in user interface, the use of source maps and browser performance.
saucelabsjavascriptdev-serverbrowserstacktest-runner
open-wc/open-wc
Nov 2018 - Oct 2022
Open Web Components: guides, tools and libraries for developing web components.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 581 commits, 936 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Lars's commits primarily focused on the development and improvement of testing utilities for web components. They were responsible for providing configuration creators for Karma, as well as implementing the feature to inject ordered exports into the stories for improved testability. The user's contributions involved the development of HMR with the browser as well. The tasks included modifying the existing testing setup, ensuring proper testing for different aspects of the code.
lit-elementlitdevelopingweb-componentselements
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