Peter Von Der Ahé
Software Developer at CrowdStrike
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Von Der Ahé is a compiler engineer and software developer with 16 years of experience building language platforms, APIs, and virtual machines across companies from Google and Sun to CrowdStrike and Humio. He led core compiler work at Sun—driving javac through JDK 6, shaping language modeling APIs, and delivering significant compiler and tooling performance gains—then applied those deep systems skills to managed VMs and runtime engineering. Peter combines cross-organizational collaboration and product-level thinking with a focus on pragmatic implementation, from reflection and serialization designs to debugging and build automation. His open-source and test-work includes adapting the dart-lang test runner for browser execution, demonstrating attention to robustness in real-world tooling. Based in Aarhus, he also brings hands-on Unix systems administration and embedded systems experience dating back to academic projects, revealing a wide technical breadth beyond compilers. He’s on a mission to make it straightforward to build fast, reliable, and secure software.
16 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master's, Computer Science, Math minor, Master's, Computer Science, Math minor at Aarhus University
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
dart10
browser-testing10
testing10
cicd4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dart-lang/test
Sep 2012 - Sep 2013
A library for writing unit tests in Dart.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily worked on the test suite for the Dart language. Their contributions involved modifying the test runner, specifically the JavaScript-based test controller, to adapt the tests for browser execution using dart2js. They addressed issues such as timeout problems and asynchronous notifications, as well as corrected error handling. Additionally, the user made changes to the configuration files to manage the tests, including updates for message passing between the browser and test runner.
testingdart2dartunitunit-tests
peter-ahe-google/orphan-try
Mar 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:34 commits in 7 months
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