# Arthur van der Wal

> Principal Software Engineer at Verge Genomics

Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/arthurvanderwal

Seasoned software engineer and technical leader with over two decades of experience in software development and architecture, driving innovation and efficiency in complex projects. Adept at quickly assessing challenges, breaking down complexity, and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions. A strong communicator and mentor, passionate about fostering collaboration across teams, guiding projects from inception to deployment, and ensuring alignment with business objectives. Proven ability to lead small-to-medium-sized teams, manage technical roadmaps, and provide strategic guidance to executive leadership. 
As a principal software engineer at Verge Genomics, spearheaded the architectural design and implementation of a company-wide API that streamlined data access for scientists, enabling efficient target ranking and machine learning workflows. Led the transition of compute-heavy RNA sequencing workflows from single-node processing to a distributed cloud-based infrastructure using AWS and Nextflow, significantly improving scalability and reducing processing time. Managed and mentored a team of engineers, driving best practices in software development, conducting regular code reviews, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Established a CI/CD framework adopted across engineering teams, enhancing code quality and deployment efficiency. Drove standardization efforts by defining a company-wide coding style guide and onboarding process, ensuring a cohesive and maintainable codebase.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Verge Genomics
Jan 2020 – Present | South San Francisco, California, United States
Implemented RAG, APIs and parallel computing environments to unlock all data to the scientific team. Responsible for implementing APIs wrapping all core functionality, enabling the data science team to easily access data resources to generate ranked targets, and training ML models. 
Spearheading moving compute heavy operations, such as RNA-seq, from single-node to distributed cloud based computing using AWS and Nextflow. 
Implemented a CI/CD framework for all engineers in the company to work with, ensuring code quality and integrity. 
Established and enforced coding standards to ensure maintainable, high-quality code.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Freelance
Jan 2006 – Jan 2023
For 16 years I've been freelancing in various software engineering roles while I was living between
Europe and Japan. Roles included, but were not limited to software development engineering, technical
writing, technical team lead and interim CTO.

### VP of Engineering @ ACM Global Ltd.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Diego, California, United States
In this role I was responsible for:
- Recruiting freelance developers from Toptal and managing them
- Leading Chrome Extension development
- Managing our Digital Ocean and AWS cloud resources (Remote compute)
- Development on a custom fork of Chromium
- Raspberry pi bash script development

### Technical Writer @ Silicon Studio
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Tokyo, Japan
Responsible for writing documentation for Silicon Studio's in-house game engine API.

### Senior Software Engineer @ abstraction
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Abstraction Games is a Game Development and Porting Studio targeting DLC platforms including but
not limited PC, Mac, iOS devices, DSi, 3DS, Wii, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Some highlights of past work include: Angry Birds, Cut The Rope, Rocketbirds, Knytt Underground and
Hotline Miami.
Specialties
Video Game Development, Video Game Porting, Video Game Conversions, App Development

### Solution Manager @ INDG | Grip
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
INDG are developing cutting-edge, creative marketing platforms based on 3D home and product
experiences. These are revolutionizing the way brand manufacturers and retailers think about product
content and customer engagement.
INDG are working with some of the world's leading brand manufacturers as well as small single product
companies. INDG also develops their own proprietary retail platforms and are developing new
ventures based on our creative technology.

### Product Specialist @ 3mensio Medical Imaging
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 | Bilthoven, Utrecht, Netherlands
In my role as Product Specialist for new medical imaging product at 3mensio Medical Imaging B.V.
The function of Product Specialist consists of (Pre-) Sales activities, training of Distributors, giving
presentations and attending Trade Shows.
I was also responsible for creating the first prototypes and first releases of 3mension's imaging
software. This software used GPU rendering to render CT and MR data.

### Software Engineer @ Lostboys Games B.V.
Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands


## Education
### Computer Science and Management
Utrecht University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/redpotato

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Last updated: 2026-04-12