My name is Joël van der Werf I am a software engineer/game developer with a master degree in Game and media Technology, and I am 29 years old. I currently reside in Tokyo Itabashi working as a software engineer in video games.

I have over six years of professional experience as a software engineer in the field of game development. Plus more than 15 years of experience working on personal projects in C++ and C#. I have experience working in multidisciplinary game development teams in my recent work at Miniclip Netherlands and Deel Japan. In addition, I have a strong passion to work and acquire knowledge in the field of game development and game engine technologies.

Software Engineer

April 2025 - Current

Medior Software Engineer at Deel K.K. Japan. Responsible for maintaining code and developing new features for Football head coach.

Unity3D Developer/Software Engineer

2019-2025

Medior Software Engineer at Miniclip Netherlands. Responsible for the front-end for the games created and maintained by the Miniclip organization.

Microsoft Hololens, Unity Developer

2017-2018

Intern at Delta-N, Unity3D Developer focusing on mixed reality and interactions with the Microsoft HoloLens.

University Utrecht

2020-2023

Master Degree: Software engineering, specialized in Game and media technology

Courses: elementary math (algebra/linear algebra/calculus), game physics, advanced graphics, optimization and vectorization, computer animation, sound and music technology, computer vision, AI for game technology, crowd simulation, game theory, multimodal interaction, scientific perspectives on GMT.

The hague university of applied sciences

2015 - 2019

Bachelor Degree: Software engineering

Courses: basic programming C#, advanced programming C#, UML, systems architecture, algorithms, SQL, advanced SQL, databases, cyber-security, minor computer graphics, minor game development.