Peter Van Der Merwe
Principal Architect at Kainos
Belfast Metropolitan Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPeter Van Der Merwe is a Principal Architect based in Belfast with over three decades of software experience and a decade in senior technology leadership roles delivering large-scale public sector digital transformations. He has led major government programmes including View Driving Licence, Register a Vehicle Electronically and the NHS App, and currently focuses on healthcare technology at Kainos. Comfortable switching between strategy and hands-on coding, he combines architecture, delivery leadership and product-minded engineering to ship auditable, secure systems. His career spans founding and directing software firms as well as senior consulting roles, giving him a rare mix of startup agility and enterprise delivery discipline. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he often translates complex regulatory requirements into straightforward technical solutions. He brings deep legacy and modern language experience—rooted in early C++ and COBOL training—into contemporary digital transformation work.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
C++ Programming Programming, C++ Programming Programming at Computer Training Institute, RandburgPretoria Boys High SchoolDiploma in COBOL and Systems Design, Diploma in COBOL and Systems Design at van Zyl & Pritchard
Afrikaans
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Github Skills (39)
adaptor10
api8
simplify8
drone-ci7
pipeline7
continuous-integration7
jenkins6
gitflow6
openshift6
gocd6
jenkins-x6
tekton6
devops5
spine5
rollout5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
nhsconnect/integration-adaptor-common
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Adaptors which accelerate integration with national NHS systems
Contributions:22 PRs, 39 pushes, 22 branches in 1 month
nationalnhsaccelerate
nhsconnect/integration-adaptor-sds
Jun 2020 - Apr 2021
NIA integration adaptor for Spine Directory Service (SDS)
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 5 comments in 9 months
adaptorservice-directorysdsdirectorynia
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