Mees Delzenne
Senior Software Engineer at SurrealDB
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMees Delzenne is a Senior Software Engineer based in The Hague with 11 years of experience building backend systems and databases. Currently at SurrealDB, he progressed from Software Engineer to Senior, contributing to core backend features and the JavaScript engine integration for a distributed document-graph database used in realtime web applications. His work on integrating rquickjs and implementing a spec-compliant fetch API highlights deep systems-level and interoperability expertise beyond routine backend tasks. A Leiden University computer science master's graduate, he combines academic rigor with hands-on production experience. Previously he’s taught and worked in front-line roles, showing a practical, service-oriented mindset alongside technical depth. Colleagues can expect a developer who bridges low-level engine concerns and higher-level database table structures to deliver reliable, real-time data platforms.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Masters degree Computer Science, Masters degree Computer Science at Leiden UniversityVWO, VWO at College Hageveld
Github Skills (7)
rust10
apidoc9
api9
dependency-management9
databases8
database8
database-design8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
surrealdb/surrealdb
May 2023 - Apr 2025
A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:304 reviews, 200 PRs, 302 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Mees primarily contributed to updating dependencies and implementing core backend features, specifically related to the `rquickjs` dependency, indicating work in the underlying JavaScript engine integration. Their work also included implementing and fixing the `fetch` API, including handling errors and ensuring its correct behavior in accordance with specifications. They were also involved in working with table structures.
realtimedatabase-as-a-serviceserverlessnosql-databasedeveloper-tools
DelSkayn/toyjs
Apr 2020 - Sep 2022
A toy javascript interperter
Contributions:332 commits, 2 PRs, 324 pushes in 2 years 5 months
toyjsjavascriptcharacter
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