Kenneth Van Der Werf
Senior Software Engineer at Spotify
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKenneth Van Der Werf is a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable, high-traffic systems and full-stack products across companies like Spotify, Soundtrap and Magine. He specializes in monetization, fraud detection, data pipelines and media delivery, blending strong backend Java and cloud expertise with polished frontend skills in TypeScript, React and React Native. Kenneth has repeatedly owned core services and led teams to modernize platforms—from streaming web players and DRM-enabled media to observable GraphQL and BigQuery-powered pipelines. Comfortable switching roles between engineer and engineering manager, he pairs systems-level architecture thinking with pragmatic delivery and SRE practices. Outside work he channels the same discipline into music and sports, hinting at a creative yet competitive mindset that informs his product-driven engineering.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Information and Communication Technology, Bachelor Information and Communication Technology at HAN University of Applied Sciences
English, Swedish, Dutch
Github Skills (53)
live-streaming10
javascript10
drm10
offline-mode10
html5-audio10
mse10
video-player10
playback10
player10
video-streaming10
eme10
vod10
expressjs9
mss9
java9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kfwerf/delivery
Feb 2019 - Oct 2021
GRPC GUI client for GRPCurl
Contributions:5 releases, 83 commits, 30 PRs in 2 years 9 months
mac-osxgrpcguigui-clientgrpcurl
tvoli/shaka-player
Aug 2015 - Dec 2019
JavaScript player library / DASH client / MSE-EME player
Contributions:14 PRs, 50 pushes, 30 branches in 4 years 4 months
dashjavascriptjavascript-playermseeme
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