Modern Java
Platforms, frameworks, and architecture for the modern JVM ecosystem.
Staff software engineer · Author · Speaker
Paul Bakker
I am a staff software engineer on the Java Platform team at Netflix.
I work on the Java stack and tooling used by Netflix microservices, and was one of the original authors of the DGS framework.
Current focus
Engineering at platform scale
Developer productivity
Tools and systems that make the right engineering path the easy path.
AI-assisted development
Practical patterns for agents, migrations, and dependable software workflows.
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