Summary
Paco Van Beckhoven is a senior software engineer based in Zurich with 11 years of experience building backend systems and improving developer experience across cloud-native and enterprise environments. He currently works at HxDR/Hexagon and has a strong consulting background via OpenValue, delivering features and migrations at companies like Picnic, Google, Kramp Hub and Floriday. Paco is fluent in Java ecosystems (Spring, Reactor, R2DBC), Go and cloud platforms (GCP, serverless), and has repeatedly led architecture and migration efforts—from AS/400 to Java and GCP to R2DBC transformations and distributed data integration projects. He pairs hands-on coding with mentorship, public speaking and technical training, helping teams adopt testing and observability practices. Notably, he led the design and delivery of cross-team integrations at Kramp and drove automation efforts in last-mile delivery and warehouse systems at Picnic, showing a knack for turning complex legacy and operational challenges into reliable, production-grade services.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 8, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 8 at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
Master's degree, Software Engineering, 8,7, Master's degree, Software Engineering, 8,7 at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English, German