Kirk Vander Ploeg
Software Developer at J.D. Power
Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolKirk Vander Ploeg is a backend software developer with nine years of experience, currently building distributed systems at J.D. Power from his base in Ontario, Canada. He combines strong academic training—a Master's in Computer Science (4.0 GPA) and a postgraduate certificate in AI—with hands-on experience designing and rearchitecting web and desktop applications at Western University. Kirk has moved research-grade autonomous UAV algorithms into real flight environments, demonstrating expertise in probabilistic robotics and constrained onboard systems. He also has a track record of coordinating full software lifecycles, deploying production services on Windows Server, and mentoring students and researchers. Comfortable bridging research and production, he brings a thoughtful, data-driven approach to solving complex backend and systems challenges. A detail that often goes unnoticed: his work has been showcased in mainstream media, reflecting an ability to communicate technical advances beyond academia.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Post-graduate Certificate, Artificial Intelligence, PASS, Post-graduate Certificate, Artificial Intelligence, PASS at Western University
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Github Skills (15)
planetary5
telescope3
observation3
nano3
lte2
optimization2
altium-designer2
nimble2
open-hardware2
bolt2
crazyflie1
firmware1
openipc1
iio1
roadrunner1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Kirk-V/PosterPortal
Apr 2023 - Aug 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 326 pushes, 20 branches in 4 months
Kirk-V/ML_Project
Nov 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:12 PRs, 29 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 2 months
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