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Susanne Pieterse

Susanne Pieterse

Java Engineer specializing in GenAI & AI-Driven Systems

๐Ÿ† Developer Technologies
Netherlands 1 year as MVP OPEN.satisfaction Official Profile

๐Ÿ“‹ Biography

Susanne is an auto-didact full-stack Java software engineer and iSAQB certified software architect. Passionate about creating innovative solutions and sharing knowledge. Loves tea and a heavy bag boxing workout.

โœจ High-Impact Contributions 5

SFJUG - RAG in the Wild

I got a comment from a student that he wished he hadn't started his capstone project yet, because he was intrigued and had rather done his capstone project on RAG after he heard my talk. During the break we discussed methods of evals for RAG. We all learned from this.

Speaker/Presenter at Third-party event
Mar 2026
JavaOne - RAG in the Wild

My talk RAG in the Wild. I got multiple comments afterwards from the audience that they learned a lot and were looking forward to try it out themselves.

Speaker/Presenter at Third-party event
Mar 2026
NLJUG Java Magazine: RAG in the Wild - Real-world lessons from modernising legacy systems

Article for NLJUG Java magazine (paper). In this article I share my lessons learned from implementing RAG when creating reusable modules to extend the existing platform of my employer with generative AI.

Article
Feb 2026
AmsterdamJUG - RAG in the Wild

Presented my talk about my lessons learned while implementing RAG. About 25 people subscribed to my mailinglist, the audience was engaged during the Q&A after my talk for 15 minutes and only stopped because of the break. During the break I got more questions and conversations.

Speaker/Presenter at Third-party event
Feb 2026
Langchain4J: PR merged observability with Micrometer metrics

I added a module to Langchain4J to enable Micrometer metrics to the library to measure token usage in Chatmodel requests.

Open Source/Project/Sample code/Tools
Nov 2025

Technology Focus

Java

Functional Roles

Developer Other

Languages

๐ŸŒ Dutch ๐ŸŒ English

Stats

Contributions 5
Events 0
Social profiles 6
Years as MVP 1