Kevin Van Zonneveld
Co-founder at Transloadit
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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RockstarKevin Van Zonneveld is a seasoned founder and engineer with 18 years of experience building developer-first infrastructure for media processing and resilient distributed systems. As Co-founder of Transloadit he drives open source innovation—helping create industry standards like tus and Uppy—while wearing many hats across product, infra, growth and hiring. He combines deep backend expertise (Go, resumable uploads, stable server implementations) with front-end and mobile work on Uppy, plus practical tooling in Bash and automation that keep teams efficient. Based in Amsterdam, he values independence, remote-first culture, and ruthless elimination of inefficiency, and has a track record of turning niche engineering problems into widely adopted solutions.
18 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (35)
api-rest10
javascript10
api-design10
restful-api10
css10
timeout10
bash10
ui-design10
uid10
php10
go10
front-end-development10
html10
error-handling10
rest-api10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
kvz/bash3boilerplate
Feb 2013 - Jul 2022
Templates to write better Bash scripts
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 334 commits, 92 PRs in 9 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily contributed to developing a Bash script template, likely for personal or team use, as evidenced by the initial commit introducing the script. The user's contributions centered on defining command-line options, implementing logging functionality, and incorporating error handling techniques to improve script robustness. Later commits show the user expanding on this foundation, updating the usage instructions, and enhancing maintainability.
bash-scriptsshellbash
transloadit/uppy
Nov 2015 - Jan 2022
The next open source file uploader for web browsers :dog:
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:47 reviews, 916 commits, 206 PRs in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily worked on improving the user interface and front-end functionality of the Uppy file uploader. They implemented features like showing the branch name in the title, adding convenience links in the footer, and adding a basic CSS skeleton and favicon. The user also integrated a React Native image picker, indicating an involvement in mobile development aspects of the project.
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