Jan Layola, in one page.
Bios, a photo, the topics I talk about and how to reach me. Everything here is free to use for talks, podcasts, meetups and introductions.
01Bios
Jan Layola is a senior engineer who leads the Experience Team at InSpace, building NOVA, an AI platform for SEO and GEO.
Jan Layola is a senior engineer in Breda, the Netherlands, where he leads the Experience Team at InSpace, building the platform NOVA's clients use every day. He writes about product engineering, design systems, release automation and shipping software with coding agents, and contributes to the Home Assistant frontend.
Jan Layola is a senior engineer in Breda, the Netherlands. At InSpace he leads the Experience Team, which builds the client platform of NOVA, an autonomous AI platform for SEO and GEO. His work centres on components and patterns that scale across a product, and on interfaces that feel effortless because they start from what users are trying to achieve. Before InSpace, Jan automated the release pipeline, defined the testing strategy and introduced product analytics at YieldComputer, built reliable frontend modules at finsit by Wolters Kluwer, and shipped web and mobile apps at Nakima in Barcelona. He writes at birrejan.me about product engineering and working with coding agents, and contributes to the Home Assistant frontend.
02Topics I talk and write about
- Shipping with coding agentsPlans before code, reviewing work you didn't write, and the guardrails that keep quality high. Read “Plans before code”
- Design systems and interfaces that scaleComponents and patterns that keep a growing product consistent and nice to use. What I do at InSpace
- Release pipelines and testing strategyMaking shipping boring, and leading the change without formal authority. Read “Release pipelines that make shipping boring”
- Product analyticsMoving a team from opinions to evidence, with privacy by design. Read “From guesswork to evidence”
- Contributing to open sourceFrom user to contributor on the Home Assistant frontend. Read “Home Assistant, from user to contributor”
03Highlights
Synced zoom across history charts, one of the release's Noteworthy changes.
From chart features to login and energy fixes, in one of the largest open-source user interfaces.
Written recommendations from the CTOs of YieldComputer and finsit, and the architect who managed me.
- Cisco Cybersecurity Foundations
Threat detection, privacy and data confidentiality, network vulnerabilities.
04Links
- birrejan.mewebsite and blog
- LinkedInjan-gimenez-layola
- GitHubbirrejan
- Emailcontact@birrejan.me