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Arthur Dekker

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Senior Backend Engineer at McKinsey & Company | ex-Uber

Works at
McKinsey & Company
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands · CET (UTC+1)
Experience
6+ years experience
Education
Humboldt University of Berlin
Languages
English, Dutch, Spanish
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Overview

I've spent 6 years on API platforms - first at Uber, now at McKinsey & Company. Mentored 6 engineers through their first promotion. Cut p99 latency on the public API services from 676ms to 78ms. I volunteer with a food bank on weekends.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Second opinions on OpenAPI decisions
  • Questions about API platforms
  • Working sessions on Python
Please don't message about
  • Generic networking requests
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Crypto token projects

Answers in batches on Fridays

Skills
RedisPythonPostgreSQLRESTDjangoOpenAPIrate limiting

Experience

  1. Senior Backend Engineer
    Apr 2024 - Present
    McKinsey & Company · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 34 minutes to under 4.
    • Shipped 9 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
  2. Backend Engineer
    Oct 2020 - Apr 2024
    Uber · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 29 minutes to under 6.

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Education

  1. Humboldt University of Berlin
    BA, Mathematics
    2016 - 2019

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