Summary
Cole Vander Veen is a pragmatic software engineer with 12 years of experience building backend-first microservices and full-stack features across enterprise and hardware-integrated products. He primarily codes in Java and Spring, and pairs that with hands-on experience in C/C++, Python, AngularJS, NodeJS, and containerized deployments on Docker and Kubernetes. Cole has worked with both relational and NoSQL databases (MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL, Cassandra) and a broad messaging and API surface including REST, SOAP, ActiveMQ, Kafka and GCP IoT topics. Known for clear communication and mentoring, he elevates team quality through diligent code reviews, early design discussions, and pragmatic test automation (Cucumber, JUnit). His background includes speeding data pipelines for embedded displays and contributing to production readiness at scale for customers at NCR and Veeva, signaling an ability to bridge firmware-aware products and cloud-native services.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High school diploma, High school diploma at Centre Dufferin District High School
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at University of Waterloo
French