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 (34)
drm10
javascript9
grpcurl9
graphql-java9
angular8
grpc8
eme8
java8
mss8
protocol-buffers8
nodejs7
smooth-streaming7
parse-platform7
typescript7
mpeg-dash7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
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
kfwerf/streetfighter
Jan 2014 - Apr 2016
Contributions:17 commits, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
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