Jaap van der Velde

Jaap is an accomplished Principal Software Architect with over 10 years of expertise at BMT, leading the Products team for TUFLOW. He is an application developer, architect, and technical consultant, with specialisations across the full software lifecycle – from architecture and development to developer tooling and CI/CD. Jaap is well-versed in many development methodologies, techniques, and languages, as well as formal and agile processes. With fluency in Rust, Python, JavaScript, C#, Java, SQL, HTML, XML, and related languages and dialects, as well as deep familiarity with LLMs and generative AI, he welcomes complex challenges.

His academic background in computer science from the University of Twente (Netherlands) provides a foundation in rigorous, systematic problem-solving. He thrives on demanding projects with significant technical depth and consistently delivers his best work in such environments. Jaap continues to drive technical innovation in software architecture and development.

Involved in:

• TUFLOW 2026 Release (April 2026)
• Hands-on model running with automation (August 2025)
• Efficient model running with automation (July 2024)
• Computer hardware for hydraulic modelling (August 2023)