Victor Jacobs
Software Engineer at Stripe
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolVictor Jacobs is a software engineer with 13 years of experience building reliable, scalable systems across fintech and banking—currently contributing at Stripe after prior technical leadership at N26. He blends a pragmatic, detail-oriented engineering mindset with a passion for simplicity and breaking boundaries, favoring consistent, elegant solutions for complex distributed systems. Comfortable shipping end-to-end features and collaborating in cross-functional teams, he has moved between hands-on backend, DevOps, and tech lead roles, making measurable impacts at startups and established firms. Based in Antwerp, he pairs a technical career with creative pursuits—mountain photography, music and travel—which inform his design sensibility and appetite for thoughtful engineering trade-offs.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
German, French, English, Dutch
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Github Skills (61)
kotlin10
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linux10
android10
command-line10
shell10
gradle10
java9
ruby9
groovy9
typescript9
bash9
windows9
browsable9
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
victorjacobs/dot
Sep 2018 - Oct 2022
Dot files
Contributions:116 commits, 1 PR, 83 pushes in 4 years 1 month
dotnix-darwindot-filesdotfileshammerspoon
victorjacobs/chullo
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:44 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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