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Engineering Excellence

Jan De Dobbeleer

Modern practices for platforms, delivery, and teams.

I help product organizations raise engineering standards, modernize platforms, and build teams that ship reliably. Practical excellence that keeps improving with the craft.

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Jan De Dobbeleer
Teams led 70+ engineers
Portfolio EUR 2M+ scope
Open source 1M+ downloads/month
Recognition GitHub Star, MS MVP
Why it matters

Engineering excellence that keeps evolving

Clear standards, measurable delivery gains, and a platform roadmap that reduces risk. I work alongside leaders and teams to install modern practices and keep them current.

  • Modern practice first. Continuous delivery, reliability, and developer experience.
  • Platform discipline. Clean interfaces, ownership boundaries, and operational readiness.
  • Leadership at scale. Hiring, coaching, and organization design for growth.
  • Builder credibility. Open source products used by developers every day.
Skills

Focus areas

Core skills shaped by platform leadership and product delivery.

Engineering Excellence

  • Continuous delivery and release discipline
  • Code review, testing strategy, and quality gates
  • Developer experience and inner-source practices

Platform Strategy

  • Target state architecture and platform roadmaps
  • Cloud migration planning and risk management
  • Reliability, observability, and incident response

Leadership at Scale

  • Org design, hiring plans, and coaching
  • Operating model and delivery metrics
  • Cross-team alignment and stakeholder management

Product and Community

  • Open source product development and adoption
  • Technical workshops and enablement
  • AI-assisted workflows where they add value

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Experience

Leadership track record

Recent roles with measurable platform and delivery impact.

GitHub Delivery Lead
KBC Bank and Verzekering
Nov 2025 - Present
Leading GitHub platform strategy, developer tooling adoption, and DevOps practices.
Engineering Manager
NIKE
Jun 2022 - Nov 2025
Led 70+ engineers across five teams delivering platform services and running engineering workshops.
Chief Technology Officer
TrendMiner, Software AG
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Drove cloud transformation and post-acquisition integration with a new cloud-native architecture.
Engineering Manager
TrendMiner
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
Improved deployment frequency by 300 percent and reduced lead time by 60 percent.
Team Lead
In The Pocket
Sep 2018 - Dec 2020
Managed a EUR 2M+ portfolio with 98 percent client satisfaction for enterprise programs.
Software Development Lead
Unleashed
Jan 2018 - Sep 2018
Scaled the engineering organization from 8 to 22 engineers across three product lines.
Early Career and Craftsmanship
Unleashed, Twipe, and luxury watchmaking
2007 - 2017
Led mobile and API teams, built DevOps foundations, and developed precision craft as a certified watchmaker.

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Engagements

Where I plug in

Choose a focused engagement or combine them.

Engineering Excellence Workshops

Hands-on sessions on modern delivery, testing strategy, code review, and AI-assisted workflows where they add value.

Platform Strategy

Architecture reviews, target state design, and migration plans with clear ownership and risk management.

Delivery Systems

CI/CD, observability, incident response, and release discipline that increase throughput without chaos.

Team Leadership

Hiring plans, onboarding, growth paths, and org design that keep ownership clear as you scale.

Proof

Work that speaks

Results across open source, platform leadership, and community impact.

Oh My Posh

Creator of a cross-platform prompt theme engine used by developers worldwide. Featured by Microsoft and winner of Microsoft Store Award 2024.

Microsoft Store Award 2024, 20k+ stars, 1M+ downloads/month #open-source #developer-tools #go

NIKE EMEA Platform Leadership

Led 70+ engineers across five teams building platform services that support millions of customers.

70+ engineers, multi-team platform #platform-engineering #leadership #delivery

GitHub Star and Microsoft MVP

Recognized for open source impact and community leadership in developer tooling and cloud.

GitHub Star, Microsoft MVP #open-source #community #developer-tools

Ready to raise engineering standards?

If you want modern practices that keep evolving and a platform that supports growth, let's talk.

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