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In my last contract I achieved 3 big objectives:
1) Proposed and implemented important improvements for a major version of
Baker, an open source microservice orchestration library.
2) Proposed and implemented the architecture of Bakery, an open source
serverless infrastructure technology.
3) Rewrote the whole Baker runtime to make an in-memory performant
implementation, and made the runtime easily maintainable.
Baker and Bakery are open source technologies that are helping ING bring
their business process ideas and requirements 5 times faster into the market,
they automate infrastructure requirements for their engineers, save costs and
are becoming a backbone technology for the organization. Part of the
challenges in the development included the improvement of their required
libraries to meet quality standards, to choose key technologies for the
infrastructure, and to propose and implement architecture designs that would
meet their scale, security and reliability requirements. I was the only coding
expert developer (as reflected on the contributors
page https://github.com/ing-bank/baker/graphs/contributors).
In the last years I have invested a lot of my free and paid time on sharing my
knowledge and teaching topics related to functional programming, I used
almost 2 years of my life on creating an Amsterdam meetup with around 300
members where I would give free workshops between 1 to 4 times a week.
Most of my skills revolve around understanding complex business
requirements and technical challenges, and proposing and implementing
technical solutions which are modular, scalable and easier to understand for
other engineers.
Key attributes
Designed, proposed and implemented the architecture of Bakery.
10 years of experience as a Software Engineer.
7 years experience as a professional Scala developer.
Extensive experience in backend development, distributed systems and all
the related libraries of the Scala ecosystem.
A rare passion for proper testing and formal system specification.
Experience in applied computer science research.
Experience in applying academic concepts to industrial code to optimize
productivity and correctness.
Extensive knowledge of functional programming.
Exceptional communication skills.
Extremely passionate about functional programming, distributed systems,
mathematics, teaching and team dynamics. 
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• Strategic and critical thinking with a structural and systems-based approach. Strong business intuition and highly developed analytical skills. Ability to quickly grasp domain specifics, independently initiate and develop nearly any project within the area of expertise.
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• Strong leadership skills and substantial experience in managing international and cross-cultural teams - yet equally effective in autonomous, individual contributor roles. 
