Fokke Zandbergen
Principal Engineer at Zapier
Frisia, Netherlands
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Top SchoolFokke Zandbergen is a Principal Engineer with 13 years of experience who excels at turning complex systems into modular, maintainable architectures and currently shapes Zapier’s Technical Foundations. A pragmatic systems thinker known as “the glue,” he blends backend engineering, full‑stack development and developer advocacy to improve developer experience and product onboarding. He has contributed to notable open-source projects—from the Things Network LoRaWAN stack to the Zapier platform CLI and Appcelerator’s Alloy/Titanium—demonstrating deep hands‑on skills across infrastructure, mobile and tooling. Colleagues describe him as loyal, direct and analytical with a creative streak; he expects a clear vision and team trust before committing fully. Fokke pairs a pattern-oriented, LEGO‑brick approach to architecture with a habit of documenting and sharing improvements so teams can move faster. Based in Frisia, Netherlands, he quietly balances big‑picture strategy with regular code‑level contributions that keep systems honest.
13 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Communication, Communication & Multimedia Design, Bachelor of Communication, Communication & Multimedia Design at HanzeVWO, Science, VWO, Science at CSG Lauwers College
English, Dutch, German, French
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Github Skills (35)
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
lorawan10
titanium10
internet-of-things10
titanium-sdk10
databinding10
iot10
go10
titanium-alloy10
forum10
nodejs10
documentation10
cli10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
tidev/alloy
Mar 2013 - May 2016
Alloy is an MVC framework for the Appcelerator Titanium SDK
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:94 commits, 35 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Fokke primarily contributed to the Alloy MVC framework for the Appcelerator Titanium SDK. Their commits involved modifying Alloy's core compilation process, including the parser and source mapping functionalities. They also added new features, such as a built-in flip animation, and fixed bugs within the framework's core libraries. Additionally, they updated configuration settings and improved the framework's support for theming and data binding.
appcelerator-titaniummvc-frameworktitaniumnpm-package
zapier/zapier-platform
Mar 2017 - May 2020
The toolkit for you to build an integration on Zapier
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:64 reviews, 45 commits, 49 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Fokke primarily focused on documenting and enhancing the Zapier Platform CLI, which is an SDK for building integrations. Their contributions included documenting output fields within the CLI's documentation and snippets. The user also added and utilized error classes within the code base. Furthermore, the user updated the codebase to reflect `response.data` usage, demonstrating the user's dedication to modernizing and optimizing the SDK for developers.
zapierclinodejs
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