Willem Kappers
Sr Team Lead at Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd.
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolWillem Kappers is a seasoned software leader with 12 years of experience delivering scalable full-stack systems and leading high-performing teams across startups and enterprise environments. He combines hands-on engineering—modern .NET Core, Angular/TypeScript, React Native, containers, and cloud (AWS/Azure)—with a proven track record of productionizing POCs, introducing CI/CD and QA practices, and migrating legacy systems to microservices and data streaming platforms. As a manager and team lead at Shopify, System1 and others he’s built roadmaps, staffing plans, and onboarding programs while still contributing to code, architecture and incident resolution. Willem is comfortable owning end-to-end delivery for systems that serve millions of users and has a knack for translating product needs into robust, observable platforms. Outside work he recharges by cycling and exploring nature, reflecting a practical, steady leadership style that prefers rolling up his sleeves to get things done.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
High school Diploma, High school Diploma at Listowel District SSBSC, Computer Science, BSC, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, Dutch
Github Skills (49)
react-native10
varnish10
react10
react-navigation10
shopify9
documentation9
aws-codebuild8
ruby8
codebuild8
activemerchant8
docker-image7
aws7
dockerfile7
asp-net7
clean-architecture7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
willemk/varnish-mobiletranslate
Jan 2014 - May 2016
Tool to translate the latest mobile detect script into varnish
Contributions:38 commits, 8 pushes in 2 years 3 months
mobilevarnish
willemk/react-navigation.github.io
Aug 2025 - Jan 2026
Home of the documentation and other miscellanea
Contributions:3 pushes in 4 months
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