Simon Gijsen
Lead Software Engineer at OpenText
Breda-Tilburg Area Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Gijsen is a Lead Software Engineer with two decades of Java-focused experience and eight years in senior roles shaping content management and large-scale archiving systems across X-Hive, EMC, and OpenText. He specializes in elegant design, clean code, and automation, pairing deep backend expertise with practical front-end skills in TypeScript/JavaScript and web tech when projects demand it. Known for owning the Formula XForms engine and GWT work early in his career, he brings a history of shipping robust, data-intensive enterprise features. Simon prefers roles that create tangible societal value—especially in education and the environment—and is willing to learn new technologies for the right mission. Based in the Breda-Tilburg area, he blends curiosity-driven side projects in Python with disciplined engineering leadership at scale. An understated strength is his focus on improving development processes through automation, not just product features.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Hogere Informatica Opleiding, Bachelor, Hogere Informatica Opleiding at Avans HogeschoolVWO, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, VWO, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at OLV Lyceum
Dutch, English
Github Skills (8)
sip10
opentext9
gradle8
kotlin7
java7
groovy6
classpath5
automation4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
Enterprise-Content-Management/infoarchive-sip-sdk
May 2018 - Jun 2022
Software Development Kit (SDK) for OpenText InfoArchive, facilitating the assembly and ingestion of Submission Information Packages (SIPs).
Contributions:56 commits, 48 pushes, 6 comments in 4 years 1 month
opentextinfoarchivesip
classgraph/classgraph
May 2019 - May 2019
An uber-fast parallelized Java classpath scanner and module scanner.
Contributions:1 comment, 1 issue in 1 day
classpathjava
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