Daiderd Jordan
Software Engineer at Qargo TMS
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolDaiderd Jordan is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building resilient systems and developer tooling from Ghent, Belgium. He blends back-end development, DevOps and system architecture—demonstrated by contributions to core projects like the Nix package manager and nix-darwin where he improved macOS install flows, diagnostics and automation. At companies including Western Digital, OpenMotics and now Qargo TMS he’s focused on robust build processes, deployment reliability and observability. He’s an active open-source maintainer who added structured logging and improved test resilience for ofborg and enhanced Elixir editing support in vim-elixir, showing attention to developer experience across languages. Notably, his work often targets the intersection of user-facing tooling and low-level platform correctness (e.g., nix doctor and profile symlink handling). He holds a Computer Science background from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and brings a practical, systems-first mindset to complex engineering problems.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
English, Dutch, French
Github Skills (36)
nix10
elixir10
vimscript10
configuration-management10
indentation10
build-automation10
system-administration10
macos10
rust10
syntax-highlighting10
testing9
cicd9
rspec9
devops9
zsh9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
nix-darwin/nix-darwin
Oct 2016 - Sep 2022
Manage your macOS using Nix
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer & DevOps Engineer
Full-stack Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:174 reviews, 877 commits, 174 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Daiderd primarily contributed to the configuration of a macOS system, nix-darwin, using Nix. Their commits involved setting up shell aliases, configuring various system settings, and implementing services like a nix-daemon and a font manager. The user also worked on improving the documentation, including for the bootstrapper, and establishing security measures with accessibility features. The user integrated tooling to improve the workflow.
macosnixdarwinlaunchddotfiles
elixir-editors/vim-elixir
Jul 2013 - Feb 2016
Vim configuration files for Elixir
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Daiderd primarily contributes to the syntax highlighting and indentation features of the Vim configuration for Elixir. Their work includes adding syntax highlighting for new Elixir language features like sigils and unused variables. They also fix indentation issues, particularly related to lists, `cond` statements, and code blocks. Furthermore, the user implemented basic tests and support for Embedded Elixir.
elixirvim
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