Albert Nybø
Software Engineer at Volue Technology AS
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolAlbert Nybø is a seasoned software engineer based in Trondheim with 10 years of professional experience and a strong M.Sc. in Computer Science from NTNU. He has built and maintained production-grade systems for energy and utility domains at Powel, Statkraft, and currently Volue Technology, blending deep backend expertise with operational reliability. An active open-source contributor, Albert has improved security and stability in KVM projects like Barrier/input-leap and enhanced cloud storage tooling in rclone, plus package maintenance work in Microsoft's vcpkg. His contributions often focus on robustness and security—fixing resource leaks, hardening certificate handling, and integrating backend features such as OAuth and server-side copy for cloud backends. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he moves between full-stack fixes and build/release automation, showing a rare mix of systems-level detail and product-focused delivery. Colleagues appreciate his steady, meticulous approach to making distributed and embedded systems more reliable under real-world constraints.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
University and college admissions certification, General studies, University and college admissions certification, General studies at Sauda VGSM.Sc., Computer Science, M.Sc., Computer Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
English, German, Norwegian
Github Skills (38)
apim10
c-language10
lib10
cert10
back-end-development10
api-design10
wp-api10
barrier10
cmake10
winapi10
network-programming10
security10
automation10
certificate10
go10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
rclone/rclone
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:237 reviews, 309 commits, 410 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Albert primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the `rclone/rclone` repository. Their commits demonstrate expertise in modifying the configuration system, enhancing support for the Jottacloud backend, and integrating features such as file metadata and server-side copy operations. They also provided fixes and improvements for the existing features.
googlefile-storageyandexonedrivestorage
debauchee/barrier
Dec 2020 - Nov 2021
Open-source KVM software
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 17 commits, 14 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Albert contributed to the Barrier KVM software, focusing on both the client and server components. Their work included enhancing the user interface by adding a drop target directory and fixing a file extension filter. They also addressed various Windows-specific issues, such as adding version information to executable resources, improving drag-and-drop stability, and refining the codebase to support ANSI codepage for internal multibyte strings.
gplv2kvmbarriermousesharing
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