Alexander Bjerkan
Frontend Tech Lead at OBOS
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolAlexander Bjerkan is a Frontend Tech Lead based in Oslo with 12 years of experience building user-centric web applications, currently leading frontend efforts at OBOS. He specializes in modern React stacks—GraphQL, webpack, Babel and Jest—and complements his frontend focus with occasional Scala backend work. Alexander progressed through significant Norwegian tech employers including FINN.no and Knowit, bringing product-driven engineering practice from both large consumer platforms and consultancy environments. He favors hands-on technical leadership over Java roles and has a solid academic foundation with an M.Sc. in Computer Science from NTNU plus exchange studies in Linköping. Known for bridging pragmatic engineering with maintainable frontend architecture, he also has roots in HPC web tools and early cloud CRM prototyping that reflect a long-standing interest in applied systems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Student, Computer Engineering, Exchange Student, Computer Engineering at The Institute of Technology at Linköping UniversityNorwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Norwegian
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Github Skills (175)
react-boilerplate10
storybook10
testing10
styled-components10
immer10
hybrid10
scaffolding10
javascript10
browser10
react-framework10
icu10
html10
compiler10
angular10
redux-saga10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
code-obos/grunnmuren
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
OBOS' design system
Contributions:229 reviews, 307 commits, 801 PRs in 8 months
reactdesign-system
alexanbj/dotfiles
May 2018 - Jul 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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