Axel Sanner
Chief Engineer Team Lead at University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolAxel Sanner is a seasoned software engineer and team lead with 13 years of experience building backend systems, currently serving as Chief Engineer and Senior Software Developer at the University of Oslo. He has a strong background in Java and Spring Boot microservices from his time at Bisnode Norge, and extensive experience in Python, numerical analysis, and big data from roles at Xeneta. Axel blends hands-on systems architecture and operations expertise—owning infrastructure, security, and resilience initiatives—with product-focused development for both new and legacy portfolios. Based in Oslo, he pairs formal computer science training with practical leadership, mentoring teams across research and commercial environments. Outside work he pursues graphics programming, AI programming, CTF competitions and reverse engineering, reflecting a deep curiosity for low-level and algorithmic challenges. That mix of operational rigor and exploratory hobbyist projects often surfaces in pragmatic, security-conscious designs that scale.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at University of Oslo
English
Github Skills (39)
linux10
esp3210
opengl10
videogames9
sap9
raylib9
android9
iot9
game-development9
macos9
webassembly9
raspberry-pi9
embedded9
rdbms8
animation8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
axelbsa/python_pathfind
Nov 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
axelbsa/sfml_test
Mar 2019 - Nov 2025
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
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