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> Jan De Dobbeleer — engineering leader, open source builder, and consultant helping product organisations raise engineering standards, modernise platforms, and build teams that ship reliably.

## Jan De Dobbeleer

Modern practices for platforms, delivery, and teams.

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

**Contact:** jan@itdepends.be
**Resume:** https://resume.itdepends.be
**GitHub:** https://github.com/jandedobbeleer
**Twitter:** @jandedobbeleer
**Blog:** https://blog.itdepends.be

**Teams led:** 70+ engineers
**Portfolio:** EUR 2M+ scope
**Open source:** 1M+ downloads/month
**Recognition:** GitHub Star, Microsoft MVP

## 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 organisation design for growth.
- **Builder credibility.** Open source products used by developers every day.

## Focus areas

### 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

## 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% and reduced lead time by 60%.

**Team Lead — In The Pocket (Sep 2018 – Dec 2020)**
Managed a EUR 2M+ portfolio with 98% client satisfaction for enterprise programs.

**Software Development Lead — Unleashed (Jan 2018 – Sep 2018)**
Scaled the engineering organisation 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.

## Engagements

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.

## Work that speaks

### Oh My Posh (https://ohmyposh.dev)
Creator of a cross-platform prompt theme engine used by developers worldwide. Featured by Microsoft and winner of 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 (https://stars.github.com/profiles/jandedobbeleer/)
Recognised for open source impact and community leadership in developer tooling and cloud. #open-source #community #developer-tools

## Contact

Ready to raise engineering standards? If you want modern practices that keep evolving and a platform that supports growth, let's talk.

Email: jan@itdepends.be