De Van Niekerk
Staff Software Developer at Safe Software
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolDe Wet van Niekerk is a Staff Software Developer with 14 years of experience, currently leading software efforts at Safe Software after progressing from product support and internship roles into engineering and team leadership. He combines a formal computer science education from Simon Fraser University with prior training in GIS (BCIT) and a BSc in Ecology from UBC, bringing a rare blend of domain knowledge in environmental science and practical geospatial software expertise. At Safe Software he has advanced from intern to team lead and now staff developer, demonstrating strong institutional knowledge and a track record of shipping product-focused engineering work. His background in field research, lab protocols, and peer tutoring reflects disciplined experimentation, attention to data quality, and an aptitude for mentoring. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who bridges ecological domain needs and robust software solutions in the geospatial space.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)Bachelor of Science Ecology and Environmental Biology, Bachelor of Science Ecology and Environmental Biology at The University of British ColumbiaBachelor of Applied Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
English, Afrikaans, French
Github Skills (48)
confluent10
connect10
librdkafka10
kafka-python10
python-client10
confluent-cloud10
producer10
python9
kafka9
fme7
charts7
angular7
number-input6
datagrid6
osrm6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dewert/nocturn-linux-midi
Sep 2011 - Nov 2012
Contributions:12 commits in 1 year 1 month
safesoftware/fmepedia-pointcloud
Aug 2014 - Jan 2015
Demo of point cloud data distribution using FME Server
Contributions:2 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
point-cloudfmedata-distributionpointfme-server
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