About Transloadit
Transloadit is an MPaaS (Media Processing as a Service) for developers. Companies integrate with us to automate workflows of video encoding, image resizing, and much more.
Transloadit was bootstrapped in 2009 by three engineers hailing from Berlin and Amsterdam.
Since we met through open source and had to work remotely from day one, these principles are deeply ingrained as values in our company’s culture and DNA. To this day, we are remote-only, and we allocate $34,666 of our revenue each month to supporting open source development and fostering its communities. Our open source projects, Tus and Uppy, are changing the way the world handles file uploads.
As a teammate, you’ll find that open, remote, friendly, and curious are words that describe our company’s culture well. Much of our focus is on employee satisfaction. As we see it, this is what allows us to create the best products. Along with our guiding principles of secure, robust, performant, and versatile, this has paid off in uptime and customer satisfaction over the past fifteen years.
But we always strive to be better. So, together with 16 Transloadians, we work relentlessly to grow, nurture, and mature our company and the value it can bring into this world. Here are some of the milestone achievements that are particularly dear to us:
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January 2008
Debuggable Ltd is founded
Tim and Felix found Debuggable, a web consultancy in Berlin. They both become core contributors and active community members to CakePHP. Three months later, Felix meets Kevin (who lives a six-hour train ride away in Amsterdam) through his open source project Locutus. The idea for Transloadit is kicked around via email before we decide the three of us should team up. -
January 2009
The first commit
The first actual code hits our API2 repository on GitHub. -
July 2009
Founders meet IRL
We brainstorm about things like authentication and our tagline. We also play Fork Master and Kevin is introduced to Club Mate, the "famous", heavily-caffeinated beverage from Berlin. -
August 2009
First paying customer
On August 28, we become a real company by having the first paying user account sign up. Mariano from Workana is a customer to this day ❤️ You can claim your ten-year-old bottle of wine, Mariano! -
December 2010
Realtime encoding is launched
This feature is an 🥇 industry first and gets coverage on the AWS blog. Being among, or maybe the actual first to run Node.js in production was risky, but paid off in the end. -
May 2012
We're now ramen profitable
This means we could live off of Transloadit if we'd be okay with a diet of ramen noodles. -
June 2012
Transloadit Ltd is founded
We found a new company and each own a third: Transloadit Ltd. So far, we had been running the service as a product under the flag of Debuggable Ltd. -
July 2012
Coursera becomes a customer
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April 2013
We start tus.io
Fed up with reports of broken uploads and HTTP only caring about resumability of downloads, we take the first swing at an open protocol for resumable file uploads (an industry first). ` -
April 2014
MTV Europe becomes a customer
Besides significant traffic, this name gave us the credibility that allowed us to reel in new customers. -
July 2014
Revenue nearly doubles
We no longer need to do consultancy work on the side. Kevin and Tim now both work fulltime on Transloadit. Felix left the company three months earlier and started consulting for Apple. -
May 2015
The New York Times becomes a customer
Their name and logo add credibility to our service. They also challenge us to thoroughly review (and improve) our legal framework. -
October 2015
We start Uppy
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November 2015
We hire our tenth Transloadian
Our new recruits for the Uppy projects push the counter into double digits. -
March 2016
First global team meetup
We fly folks from all over the world to Amsterdam and have a blast. -
July 2017
Uppy becomes ridiculously robust
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December 2017
📰 We start a newsletter
We call it The Dev Times and each month, it brings you three general dev and two Transloadit updates. -
February 2018
tus gets traction
After launching 1.0, Cloudflare and Vimeo start using tus in production. Git LFS adopts tus as a transport. -
December 2018
We open a third datacenter in Singapore
After the US and EU, we open a datacenter in Singapore to reduce latencies and become a viable encoding engine to power businesses in Asia. -
March 2019
Transloadit GmbH is founded
Weary of the possibility of a hard brexit and its potential dire consequences, we flee the UK. Transloadit continues on as a German limited liability company. -
April 2019
🐶 Uppy hits 1.0
The launch is well received and gets love on Hacker News, Reddit 1 2 3 4, Smashingmag, Product Hunt and Javascript Daily. It also reaches ⭐️ 20k+ stars on GitHub. -
August 2019
GitHub announces partnership with Transloadit
We’re among the first 50 companies that GitHub partners with to provide students free service through the GitHub Student Developer Pack. We're offering our Startup Plan for free to students enrolled in the Pack. -
August 2019
🎂 Our 10th birthday
What is the birthday of a company? First idea? First founder meetup? First commit? Registry date of a legal entity? In our minds, we became a real company when we got our first paying customer, which is August 28, 2009 🎉
Transloadit: a Swiss Army Knife for files
Transloadit has a lot to offer. Unique to Transloadit is its wide array of features, and their LEGO-like composability. A few examples:
Input
File importing
Process
Video encoding
Audio encoding
Image manipulation
Artificial intelligence
Document processing
Output
File exporting
The Transloadit Team
Transloadit is brought to you by a small team of full-time developers and supported by a widespread network of passionate experts and freelancers. Please meet our team, in order of appearance:
Team
Kevin van Zonneveld — Co-founder
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Before co-founding Transloadit, Kevin worked as the research & development lead for a
hosting company in Amsterdam. In that capacity, he was in charge of automating
business and sysadmin efforts. He also designed web infrastructure for its customers. His expertise
on scalability was put to good use in the construction of Transloadit's highly available platform.
Kevin continues to improve our back-end as we expand and also loves to engage in product development
and innovation. You can check out his blog where he likes to muse about coding and
distributed systems.
Tim Koschützki — Co-founder
Berlin, Germany
Tim is a skilled programmer with close to 20 years of experience in web and application development.
Partway through his career, he became a core contributor to the CakePHP framework. Tim wears many
hats here at Transloadit. This includes working on our API services, Robots and scaling algorithms,
supervising customer support, handling customer billing, and much more. Tim has a passion for German
Engineering™, which is reflected clearly in his work for Transloadit and
his open source projects. Outside the digital world, Tim is also a
licensed pyrotechnician. So when he's not causing fireworks on your screen, he can often be found
creating spectacular displays that light up the skies.
Marius Kleidl — Software Engineer
Munich, Germany
Marius is a software engineer from Munich, Germany, who holds an MSc in Robotics, Cognition and
Intelligence. He is as thorough in his work as he is quick in picking up new technology, and is
often the one taking on the bigger challenges that we face. His main focus at Transloadit is
tus.io, our open protocol for resumable file uploads that continues to gain more
traction every day. When there is no coding to be done, Marius likes to spend as much time as he can
in or around the water, whether it is sailing, rowing or swimming.
Alexander Zaytsev — Designer
Dnipro, Ukraine
Alexander is a designer with a passion for showing information in the most clear and accessible way.
He loves making beautiful interfaces and writing HTML and CSS. He is fascinated by everything
concerning public transportation and enjoys working on design projects related to this topic. Show
Alex something done badly and he will be itching to improve it. Take the old tram network map of his
hometown Dnipro, for instance. Alex completely redesigned it and
his version is now in official use.
Peter Assentorp — Designer
Copenhagen, Denmark
Peter is a self-taught designer and front-end developer who started building websites some twenty
years ago. The first was for his own Counter-Strike clan, but other projects from friends and online
acquaintances soon followed. This experience eventually landed him a position as a web designer with
a small agency. After having worked in the employ of various companies for many years, Peter now
performs his craft as a freelancer. Besides working on web design, Peter also runs
Sportmonda.com, a small startup that sells custom football kits, and a
project called SocialSizes.io offering designers sizes and templates for
most popular social networks. In his spare time, Peter likes to play football (soccer) and computer
games (CS:GO).
Mikael Finstad — Developer
Norway
Mikael is a software creator and consultant from Oslo, Norway. His love of making new things is
rooted in the strong belief that software should be available to everyone. In his continued quest to
improve the selection and quality of open source apps out there, he has already created various cool
projects like LosslessCut, editly, and SimpleInstaBot. Apart from being a creative force on the
digital plane, Mikael is also an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hiking, exploring and photographing the
wonderful world around us. Check out his website for some of his amazing
work. At Transloadit, Mikael works on modernizing our JS stack and adding many awesome features.
Joseph Grabski — Content Lead
Rochester, United Kingdom
Joseph is an indie game developer and student from Rochester, England, who is currently in the
process of completing a degree in Computer Science. He occasionally participates in game jams where
contestants have limited time to build a game from scratch. Check out some of his projects on his
itch.io creator page. When Joseph is not creating games, you can find him
playing the guitar, bass, and piano, tinkering with his music or obsessing over guitar pedals. He
also never misses a chance to play CS:GO with his friends and humiliate them with his superior
skills. As Content Lead, Joseph is constantly on the lookout for interesting topics to write about,
and helps to shine a light on Transloadit's vast array of services.
Antoine du Hamel — Developer
France
Antoine is a software engineer from La Rochelle, France. His love for everything open source brought
him to GitHub at an early age, and he has been a regular visitor and contributor ever since. He also
serves as a member of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee, the esteemed governing body that
oversees the popular runtime environment. When Antoine is not channeling his creative energy into
technical projects, he enjoys honing his musical skills behind the piano. At Transloadit, Antoine
focuses on modernizing the JS code base and developing new features for Uppy.
Florian Künzig — Head of customer service and Developer
Potsdam, Germany
Florian is a man of many talents and interests. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in
Biology, he is currently studying General and Digital Forensics and aims to follow it up with a
Master in Bioinformatics or IT Security. When he is not busy pumping information into his massive
brain, Florian likes to clear his head by going for a run or skiing down a snowy slope. He is also
an avid Trekkie 🖖 At Transloadit, Florian is working on Java SDK development and helps out our
customers as member of the support team.
Merlijn Vos — Developer
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Merlijn is a user-centric web designer specialized in front-end development with a degree in
Communications & Multi Media Design. He’s passionate about ethical engineering; making the web
accessible for everyone, applying progressive enhancement, and using custom linters to catch
insensitive, inconsiderate writing. Merlijn’s endless curiosity pushes him to always keep learning
more. In his spare time, he helps maintain the open source unified ecosystem as a core team member
and he also enjoys a good game of chess. At Transloadit, Merlijn is part of the Uppy team, but he
lends a hand on the back-end side of things whenever he can.
Yukesh Shrestha — Support Engineer
Gillingham, United Kingdom
Yukesh is a university student who is currently working on his degree in Computer Science. As a
bright young mind interested in all things tech, he is itching to learn all he can. Yukesh has a
particular interest in creating apps, ranging from fairly simple to more advanced. Keep an eye out
for his latest creations! In his spare time, he enjoys competing with and against his friends across
a wide variety of games. As one of our Support Engineers, Yukesh could be the one responding to your
ticket and trying to solve any problems your users are facing.
Prasanth Elangovan — Security Engineer
Villupuram, India
Prasanth is a security super star from India with years of experience in infosec. He started out as
a system administrator and web developer, before discovering his true vocation in cybersecurity. And
it has been raining awards ever since: he is consistently ranked as a Top Security Researcher by
various companies and counted himself among the Top 100 Hackers Worldwide in 2021. Prasanth has a
passion for making and breaking things, which isn’t limited to his professional life – when he isn’t
busy identifying and disclosing critical vulnerabilities, you can often find him on the cricket
pitch making runs, or in the boxing ring breaking his opponents.
Cindy Koschützki — Chief Merchandise Officer and Event Manager
Berlin, Germany
Cindy is Transloadit’s Chief Merchandise Officer and Event Manager. She studied Cultural, Event and
Media Management and has previously worked as an assistant at McKinsey & Company. As a ballet
dancer since the age of three, she has graced stages internationally in dance and theater
productions. In her leisure time, Cindy enjoys 18th-century reenactment, recreating period clothing
and turning castles into lively period events. She also has a passion for sewing, embroidery, and
quilting. Cindy has two kids and even ran a cat pension for two years! With her unique skillset and
diverse interests, Cindy brings creativity and expertise to everything she does at Transloadit.
Marina Zaytseva — User Onboarding Consultant
Dnipro, Ukraine
Marina is a specialist in Marketing and User Onboarding who holds a Master's degree in Computer
Science. She began her career programming medical devices, but soon found her true calling. Marina’s
superpower is the ability to see things through the eyes of the users. She also brews a mean V60
coffee and cooks the best Ukrainian borscht you will ever have the pleasure of tasting. At
Transloadit, Marina serves as a consultant on user onboarding and helps to make sure that the first
steps in our service are as smooth as possible.
Sascha Rissling — Front-end Developer
Köln, Germany
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Remco Haszing — Front-end Developer
Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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Hall of Famers
Abdelhadi Khiati — Developer and Support Captain
Oran, Algeria
🏆 2016–2023: Porting our stack to Nix, moving from Jenkins to GHA
A late start notwithstanding – he only had his first PC at age 16 and first discovered the internet
at 18 – Abdel has shown great passion and an apt mind for computer sciences. During his studies, he
partook in Google’s Summer of Code, where he contributed to the FreeBSD kernel. Abdel loves engaging
with infra, devops, and AI. Among numerous other accomplishments, Abdel played a vital role in the
long process of porting our stack to Nix, moving from Jenkins to GHA. Even though he has now moved
on, Abdel will always be part of the Transloadit Hall of Fame.
Renée Kooi — Developer
Groningen, The Netherlands
🏆 2017–2022: Transloadit integration in Uppy and reactification of our website
Renée is a talented developer who loves free software almost as much as they enjoy a good K-Pop
song. They are one of the developers behind üWave, a collaborative listening
platform that allows groups to create playlists in a democratic fashion. Renée likes to wind down by
playing a few games of Age of Empires II and is also very active in the community that still
surrounds this timeless RTS classic, most notably by writing programs that can analyze all the
details of your recorded matches. At Transloadit, Renée was invaluable in nurturing the
Uppy project from its early development and through its first major releases.
Julian Gruber — Back-end Developer
Munich, Germany
🏆 2019–2022: Spearheading development of many API features such as the /script/run Robot
Julian is a programmer residing in southern Germany, who besides simple and beautiful products,
loves reading and the occasional meditation. He also plays the guitar in his Black Metal band, which
is called Super Satan. It is said his hobbies include knitting and base jumping – but who can really
say with a guy like Julian. In the past, Julian has worked for various Silicon Valley startups.
During his time at Transloadit, he was able to fulfill his childhood dream of finally building some
really cool and advanced robots. Beep boop!
Evgenia Karunus — Front-end Developer
Ufa, Russia
🏆 2019–2021: Uppy accessibility and reactification of our website
Evgenia started her programming career working on the back-end with Rails and Django, but shifted
her focus to the Js world in the past few years. In her spare time, Evgenia works on her beloved pet
project memcode.com, a spaced-repetition site for programming, physics and medicine. She also
studied Creative Computing at Goldsmiths University in order to combine her coding cred with more
theoretical subjects. At Transloadit, Evgenia contributed to improving Uppy’s accessibility and
making our customer dashboard a pleasure to work with.
Ifedapo Olarewaju — Developer
Lagos, Nigeria
🏆 2016–2021: Firestarting Companion and about half of our integrations
Ifedapo is a software engineer from Lagos, Nigeria. He has worked as a consultant for many different
startups and corporations, as a result of which he has been picking up many new skills in various
technologies. He has considerable experience with Python, JavaScript, and Java. In his spare time,
he loves picking up more technologies and he would like to launch more open source projects, as well
as a startup of his own. You can check out Ife’s GitHub here.
At Transloadit, Ife used to work on maintaining and modernizing all of our SDK’s. He was also part
of the Uppy team as the lead dev of Uppy-server.
Elena Lape — Partnerships
Panama
🏆 2019–2020: Growing Transloadit through GitHub EduPack, hackathons, accelerator partnerships
Elena lives in a hacker house in Panama, where she spends her days eating weird fruit, exploring the
rainforests around, teaching kids to code at a local NGO, and working with no distractions. She
studied Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science at university, and prefers combining her
passion in tech with business development through projects such as Hack the Burgh — Scotland's
biggest 24h hackathon. She manages product partnerships at GitHub Education, where she grew the
GitHub Student Developer Pack nearly five times.
Fahad Ibnay Heylaal — Front-end Developer
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
🏆 2014–2016: A shiny website
Fahad is the creator of Croogo, a member of Bower team
and developer at True. In his spare time, he is helping to improve Transloadit's
front-end. Passionate about CSS and JavaScript, he has been a rejuvenating influence on everything
pertaining to the user interface of Transloadit and tus.io. Fahad is always eager to experiment with
the latest technologies to produce great experiences for our users. When we need smooth, we turn to
Fahad.
Felix Geisendörfer — Co-founder
Berlin, Germany
🏆 2009–2014: Turning Transloadit from an idea into a ramen profitable company
Although he is by now an emeritus, Felix's contributions to Transloadit will continue to be felt for
years to come. From 2009 until his departure in 2013, Felix was instrumental in taking what was
merely a budding idea in our heads and transforming it into a profitable startup. He was one of the
first contributors to Node.js and continues to work on various other open source projects. Felix is
currently working as a contractor, developing software in Go. He remains involved with our team as
an advisor and friend.