Paul Bakker
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Bakker is a Senior/Staff-level Java platform engineer with 15 years of experience, currently shaping developer experience and GraphQL for Java at Netflix and authoring the popular open-source DGS framework. A Java Champion and former software architect, he has deep expertise in modularity, OSGi, cloud-native tooling and production-grade backend systems, with past leadership building Kubernetes/Docker-based DevOps products. His open-source contributions show a focus on robustness and performance—improving thread-safety, instance reuse, and feature support in widely used projects. Based in San Jose, he combines hands-on engineering with speaking, training, and published authorship, bringing both technical depth and a knack for developer ergonomics.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
ing, Software engineering, ing, Software engineering at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesMSc, Software Engineering, MSc, Software Engineering at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English
Github Skills (21)
debug10
apidoc10
testing10
wpgraphql10
java10
javas10
osgi10
junit10
api10
wordpress-graphql10
spring-boot10
maven10
graphql10
performance-optimization9
gradle9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Netflix/dgs-framework
Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
GraphQL for Java with Spring Boot made easy.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:37 releases, 228 reviews, 118 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the DGS framework, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes related to GraphQL features and internal framework components. Their work involved improving performance by optimizing instance reuse and addressing thread-safety issues within the error-handling mechanisms. They also added support for new features, such as cookie values and scalars within the client. Their contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the framework's functionality and resolving identified issues.
spring-bootdgsgraphql-javaspringgraphql
bndtools/bnd
Jan 2012 - Jan 2016
Bnd/Bndtools. Tooling to build OSGi bundles including Eclipse, Maven, and Gradle plugins.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 1 push in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Paul primarily focused on improving the JUnit XML reporting functionality within the Bnd/Bndtools project. They addressed several issues related to test reporting, including fixing a bug where the `tests` attribute was not being set correctly, and adding attributes for failures, errors, and skipped tests to align with build server expectations. The user also fixed a typo. Further contribution includes implementing the RepositoryPlugin interface for Workspace to enable a repository view on the local workspace.
gradlebndbndtoolseclipsebnd-gradle-plugins
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