van der Zee

Technology: Azure

  • ABN AMRO – Java tech lead

    ABN AMRO – Java tech lead

    From mid-2024 to early 2026 I worked as a freelance Java backend tech lead at ABN AMRO (Amsterdam area), leading backend development on Azure infrastructure.

    What I worked on

    • Java backend development and technical leadership
    • Spring Boot on Azure cloud infrastructure
  • Ahold Delhaize – Java/Kotlin TechLead

    Ahold Delhaize – Java/Kotlin TechLead

    From 2017 to 2022 I worked as a Java/Kotlin tech lead at Ahold Nederland (Zaandam), leading backend development on a Kubernetes and Docker infrastructure with Spring Boot at its core.

    What I worked on

    • Java/Kotlin backend services on Kubernetes and Docker
    • Quarkus with MicroProfile as a Spring Boot alternative
    • Azure: Data Lake, Storage, Databricks, Kubernetes, Event Hub, Stream Analytics
    • Event streaming with Kafka, Avro, and Schema Registry
    • Frontend work in React, Redux, Axios, TypeScript, Bootstrap
    • Python, Scala, Groovy, Bash, and SQL tooling
    • Flutter mobile development