Martijn Jacobs
Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMartijn Jacobs is a pragmatic Python software developer with 11 years of experience focused on readable, maintainable code and pragmatic test-driven practices. He contributes to open source—most notably enhancing the django-oscar-api to align with DRF versions, clean up auth views/serializers, and ensure consistent admin API endpoints—showing attention to backward compatibility and real-world ecommerce needs. Comfortable across Django and other frameworks, he favors fast, simple automated deployments that keep teams shipping reliably. Based in Arnhem, he brings a practical, quality-first approach shaped by long‑term Python use since 2001 and a background outside traditional CS that supports creative problem solving. Colleagues find him detail-oriented and steady under change, prioritizing code clarity over cleverness.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor, Garden and Landscape Management, Bachelor, Garden and Landscape Management at HAS Den BoschKaderfunctionaris Groen, Environment, Nature and Landscape, Kaderfunctionaris Groen, Environment, Nature and Landscape at AOC LimburgMAVO, MAVO at Sophianum Gulpen
Dutch, German, English
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Github Skills (16)
apim10
api-rest10
rest-api10
django-rest10
django-rest-framework10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
api9
django-models6
python-docx6
docker6
docker-compose6
javascript6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
django-oscar/django-oscar-api
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022
RESTful JSON API for django-oscar
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 99 commits, 178 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Martijn primarily focused on enhancing the API functionality of the django-oscar-api repository. Their work involved adapting existing code to accommodate Django REST Framework (DRF) versioning, and removing unused arguments. They also made adjustments to the login, user detail, and registration views and serializers. Furthermore, the user implemented changes to the admin API to ensure consistent URL endpoint prefixes and incorporated surcharges into the order serializer.
apipythondjango-oscardjango-rest-frameworkdjango
maerteijn/django-bootstrap-project
Apr 2021 - Mar 2023
A boilerplate / bootstrap setup for a Django project
Contributions:25 PRs, 75 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
templatepythonboilerplatebootstrap-boilerplatedjango
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