Arthur Ulfeldt is a Software Engineering Manager with 16 years of experience leading backend, security, and infrastructure work across companies like Qlik (formerly Talend) and Yummly. A Linux- and Clojure-focused engineer, he combines deep systems and kernel experience from early roles with modern cloud deployment and Docker orchestration. He’s known for hands-on improvements to database migrations, SMTP security, and container configuration in notable open-source projects such as Metabase. As a manager he balances technical leadership with coaching, bringing a pragmatic security mindset from past roles in VM networking and storage. Based in California, he also pursues amateur radio and martial arts, reflecting a taste for disciplined, practical hobbies that mirror his engineering approach.
The easy-to-use open source Business Intelligence and Embedded Analytics tool that lets everyone work with data :bar_chart:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:75 commits, 33 PRs, 183 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Arthur primarily focused on back-end database-related tasks and infrastructure. Their contributions include consolidating database migrations into a single file to improve startup times, adding support for STARTTLS SMTP authentication for secure email connections, and fixing database pre-migration issues specific to PostgreSQL. Additionally, the user worked on Docker container setup and configuration, ensuring proper user permissions and database file handling within the container environment. This includes setting up SSH tunnels for secure database connections.
Contributions:48 commits, 17 pushes in 7 years 11 months
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