Alex Nordlund
Senior Software Engineer at Gradle Inc.
Umeå, Sweden
Summary
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RockstarAlex Nordlund is a Senior Software Engineer based in Umeå, Sweden with 14 years of experience modernizing and caring for Java-based legacy systems. Currently at Gradle Inc., he focuses on build systems and developer tooling—authoring and maintaining Gradle plugins and practical migration paths like Java 11 upgrades. His background spans finance and automation (Nasdaq, Cinnober) and includes hands-on build automation work for community projects like OpenJK and a notable Gradle Node integration plugin where he led refactors, cross-platform build scripting, and integration test improvements. Known for blending backend engineering with DevOps sensibilities, he excels at untangling technical debt and making old systems reliable and maintainable.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Swedish, English, Norwegian, Danish
Stackoverflow
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15answers
5questions
Github Skills (28)
npm10
c1110
c1710
cplus10
build-automation10
yarnpkg10
gradle-plugin10
nodejs10
cpp10
game-development10
gradlew10
gradle10
testing9
game-engine9
academia9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
Gradle plugin for integrating NodeJS in your build. :rocket:
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 17 reviews, 337 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Alex's primary contribution involved relocating the Gradle plugin to a new package structure, indicating a refactoring effort. This change required modifications across various test files, demonstrating a focus on maintaining code integrity and functionality during the refactor. The user also addressed issues related to setting up the plugin, resolving dependencies, and updating examples and tests, including integration tests with Gulp. They also added documentation and addressed several issues and features regarding inputs and outputs, and proxy settings.
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JACoders/OpenJK
Apr 2013 - Aug 2017
Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Alex contributed to the project by implementing GUID functionality, crucial for identifying players within the game. They modified core files, including those responsible for common game functionality, and client-side components. Furthermore, the user worked on build automation, moving and configuring the Windows build process within the repository. This includes setting up the build scripts and tools for automatic builds and installations.
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