Timo Bakx
Lead Backend Developer at Linku
Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolTimo Bakx is a Lead Backend Developer with a decade of experience building robust PHP APIs using Symfony and API-Platform, currently guiding Linku’s backend team from Gelderland, Netherlands. He combines hands-on implementation with team coaching, emphasizing API resilience, security, and maintainability. An active contributor to Symfony ecosystem projects—including technical writing for the core Symfony docs and practical fixes in SonataAdminBundle—he cares deeply about clear documentation as much as clean code. A member of the Symfony CARE Team, he frequently speaks about tooling and practices that keep APIs sturdy under real-world conditions. Known for pragmatic improvements and attention to developer experience, he prefers focused technical roles over recruiter-led job approaches.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor, Software Engineering, Bachelor, Software Engineering at Avans Hogeschool Den Bosch
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (14)
admin-generator10
php10
twig10
symfony-bundle10
documentation10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
bundle9
admin8
unit-testing6
doctrine6
firefox6
captcha6
recaptcha6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
symfony/symfony-docs
Oct 2018 - Jan 2022
The Symfony documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:26 reviews, 19 commits, 28 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Timo primarily contributed to the documentation of the Symfony framework's various components. Their work involved adding detailed explanations of new methods, features, and message parameters within constraints and forms. They also corrected layout issues, added missing entries in the table of contents, and updated the code of conduct, consistently focusing on enhancing the clarity and completeness of the documentation.
bundlephpsymfonysymfony-bundle
sonata-project/SonataAdminBundle
Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
The missing Symfony Admin Generator
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 12 PRs, 91 comments in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Timo primarily contributed to the SonataAdminBundle, focusing on bug fixes and documentation updates. Their work involved correcting undefined variables in Twig templates and fixing typos in documentation files. Additionally, the user updated and expanded documentation sections related to form types, routes, and configuration options, and refactored code to utilize template registry.
adminadmin-ltebundlephpsymfony-bundle
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