Paul Bakker: Go Build a Lot of Stuff!

Paul Bakker: Go Build a Lot of Stuff!

From Duke's Corner by Jim Grisanzio

February 3, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

Jim Grisanzio interviews Paul Bakker about his work with Java at Netflix and his upcoming presentation at JavaOne 2026.

This is the third in a short series of speaker profiles for JavaOne 2026 in Redwood Shores, California, March 17-19. Get early bird pricing until February 9, and for a limited time, take advantage of a $100 discount by using this code at checkout: J12026IJN100. Register . Sessions . In this conversation, Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Paul Bakker, an engineer and Java architect in California. Paul is a staff software engineer in the Java Platform team at Netflix. He works on improving the Java stack and tooling used by all Netflix microservices and was one of the original authors of the DGS (GraphQL) Framework. He is also a Java Champion, he's published two books about Java modularity, and he's a speaker at conferences and Java User Groups. Java Is Everywhere at Netflix Paul will present " How Netflix Uses Java: 2026 Edition " at JavaOne in March. The session updates previous year's talk because Java keeps evolving at Netflix. "Netflix is really staying on the latest and greatest with a lot of things," Paul says. "We're trying new things. And that means there's always new stuff to learn every year." Java powers both Netflix streaming and enterprise…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Grisanzio

Guest: Paul Bakker

Topics covered

  • Java
  • software engineering
  • microservices
  • JavaOne
  • technology evolution

Keywords

  • Java
  • Netflix
  • microservices
  • DGS Framework
  • JavaOne
  • software engineering
  • Java Champion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix

Products: DGS (GraphQL) Framework

Places: Redwood Shores, California

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