Summary
Are Almaas is an experienced IT consultant and entrepreneur based in Oslo with 12 years of hands-on expertise in cloud-native architectures, DevOps, and full-stack product development. He co-founded multiple startups including an EdTech company that built chat-based learning tools, and has repeatedly taken products from prototype to production using event-sourcing/CQRS, Kubernetes, and modern SaaS stacks. Are blends pragmatic engineering (Node.js, TypeScript, React/React Native) with infrastructure-first thinking (Terraform, AKS, ArgoCD, Prometheus/Grafana) to streamline CI/CD and observability across teams. He frequently serves as a technical lead and advisor for organisations modernising legacy systems or launching real-time, distributed platforms. Beyond coding and architecture he brings product sensibility from fundraising, user testing and scaling teams, making him comfortable switching between boardroom strategy and debugging pipelines. A useful but less obvious strength is his track record of mirroring complex cloud environments for local development, reducing friction for cross-disciplinary teams.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Computer engineering, Bachelor Computer engineering at Oslo and Akershus University College
Elektronikk, Elektronikk at Brundalen vgs.
Microsoft Certified Professional .NET, Microsoft Certified Professional .NET at Microsoft University
EPiServer CMS 7 MVC Certification, EPiServer CMS 7 MVC Certification at EPiServer CMS 7 MVC Certification
Computer Science, Computer Science at Hawaii Pacific University
Master's Degree Innovation and Enterpreneurship, Master's Degree Innovation and Enterpreneurship at University of Oslo
Preporatory course General Studies, Preporatory course General Studies at Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)
English