Rob Van Der Linden Vooren
Senior Software Engineer at Software Brewery
Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Van Der Linden Vooren is a senior software engineer and hands-on architect with over 15 years of experience crafting resilient, domain-focused systems for high-traffic platforms. He has led large-scale modularization and event-driven transformations at companies like bol.com, Uber, and Royal FloraHolland, favoring designs that reduce cognitive load while improving scalability and recoverability. As owner of Software Brewery and a contributor to AxonFramework (notably enhancing its JPA event store), he combines practical open-source work with consultancy and product delivery. Rob emphasizes feedback-driven development, clear domain modeling, and failure-first thinking to ensure systems recover gracefully and remain understandable. He’s comfortable across JVM ecosystems, CQRS/eventsourcing patterns, and cloud/container deployments, and often bridges legacy integrations with strangler-style renewals. Based in Soest, Netherlands, he thrives in communities that prioritize continuous learning and craft.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Building software architectures – hands-on (Neal Ford), Building software architectures – hands-on (Neal Ford) at Software Design & DevelopmentBachelor of ICT Software Engineering Business Engineering, Bachelor of ICT Software Engineering Business Engineering at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesAdvanced Distributed System Design (Udi Dahan), Advanced Distributed System Design (Udi Dahan) at ProgramUtviklingDDDD CQRS (Greg Young), DDDD CQRS (Greg Young) at jWorks
Dutch, English
Github Skills (8)
javas10
jpa10
cqrs10
event-sourcing10
java10
domain-driven-design10
spring-boot10
testing9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
AxonFramework/AxonFramework
May 2011 - Nov 2018
Framework for Evolutionary Message-Driven Microservices on the JVM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 11 PRs, 18 comments in 7 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the `JpaEventStore` implementation, focusing on features like snapshot pruning and namespace support. Their work involved modifying the core logic for storing, retrieving, and managing events within a JPA-based database. Additionally, the user addressed testing and formatting issues within the `JpaEventStoreTest` class.
event-sourcingaxon-frameworkaxoncqrsperformance
robvdlv/softwarebrewery.nl
Jul 2017 - Jul 2024
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
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