Anders Åberg is a seasoned software leader and Head of Innovation at Bitwarden with 15 years of experience building product-led engineering teams and shipping secure authentication solutions. He moved through technical and executive roles—from tech lead and system architect to CTO and founder—bringing a blend of hands-on development and strategic product thinking. At Bitwarden he led passwordless initiatives and contributed directly to well-known open-source projects around FIDO2/WebAuthn and Bitwarden clients, implementing passkey and FIDO2 features and fixing subtle encoding and credential-handling bugs. Based in the Greater Uppsala area, he pairs deep security-focused engineering expertise with a knack for pragmatic UX improvements and cross-platform client work. Anders also has a background in digital data strategy from Hyper Island and a track record of founding and scaling product ventures, suggesting strong entrepreneurial instincts alongside technical depth. Colleagues describe him as an idea-driven developer who continually bridges low-level protocol correctness with real-world product experience.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Data Strategist, Digital Data Strategist at Hyper Island
FIDO2 .NET library for FIDO2 / WebAuthn Attestation and Assertion using .NET
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:13 releases, 146 reviews, 158 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Anders primarily contributed to the development of the FIDO2 .NET library, focusing on the core functionality of the authentication process. Their work included implementing and testing aspects of authenticator data parsing, including the retrieval and validation of user presence, attestation flags, and signature counters. The user also made additions to the UI and other aspects. Moreover, they made changes to the project files to add dependencies on the Com.AugustCellars.COSE and other NuGet packages.
Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli).
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:89 reviews, 31 PRs, 173 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Anders primarily contributed to the Bitwarden client applications by implementing new features related to passkeys and FIDO2 authentication. Their work included adding user-specific details like usernames to passkey items and modifying the UI to display this information. They also addressed bugs, such as the correct handling of Base64 encoding and URL encoding, while refactoring code related to credential creation and storage. Furthermore, their contributions also involved adding modal support for the desktop app.
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