Emil Van Der Westhuizen
Software Engineer at FareHarbor
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolEmil Van Der Westhuizen is a software engineer based in Amsterdam with eight years’ experience building backend systems, networking tools, and automation for security and infrastructure-focused teams. He has shipped production systems at companies ranging from startups to scale-ups, including a Django Channels low-code framework for real-time model event consumption and a UK-wide fulfilment system for broadband installations. Comfortable in Python, Rust, Linux/BSD, networking and even Lisp, he blends systems-level understanding with pragmatic product delivery. His background includes FreeBSD firewall/routing work and embedded control for hydroponics, highlighting a hands-on approach to both cloud and edge problems. Known for architecting durable, observable solutions, he’s drawn to projects that sit at the intersection of reliability, networking and security.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at University of Pretoria 
Github Skills (54)
github-copilot10
copilot10
emacs-lsp9
emacs9
logging8
sdk8
npm8
zeplin7
dependency-manager7
gitlab7
packaging7
bash7
azure-devops7
api7
python7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
emil-vdw/django-ram
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
Role based user access management for Django
Contributions:4 releases, 5 PRs, 20 pushes in 4 months
emil-vdw/copilot.el
Aug 2023 - Feb 2024
An unofficial Copilot plugin for Emacs.
Contributions:38 pushes, 10 branches in 6 months
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