Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson
Software Engineer at The Beanstalks Project ehf
Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
Summary
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RockstarBjarni Einarsson is a Lead Software Developer and founder with 15+ years building privacy-focused, resilient internet services and developer tools. He created and leads Mailpile, an open-source, user-centric email client emphasizing end-to-end encryption and secure search, and previously commercialized PageKite to enable personal hosting and IoT connectivity. His background spans low-level protocols, anti-spam/anti-virus systems, embedded development and DNS/DevOps work for a national registry, reflecting rare breadth from bits to production scale. A recovering sysadmin and former Google SRE, he combines on-call discipline with pragmatic automation and security engineering. Comfortable in public speaking and cross-functional roles, he’s equally at home writing core backend code or explaining complex issues like DNS to non-technical audiences. Based in Reykjavík, he’s seeking London-based opportunities where he can have measurable impact and collaborate with interesting people.
15 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (16)
security10
python10
encryption10
pgp10
webservice9
api8
tablet6
facebook6
tunnel6
single-sign-on6
virtual-hosts6
macos6
apache6
android6
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mailpile/Mailpile
Oct 2011 - May 2022
A free & open modern, fast email client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:7 releases, 3592 commits, 362 PRs in 10 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Bjarni contributed to various aspects of the Mailpile project, with a focus on backend functionality and security enhancements. They added features related to handling and processing messages, including those with encryption and signatures. Their work encompassed both the core message handling code and improvements to the application's security policies, suggesting a strong understanding of secure coding practices and cryptographic principles within an email client context. They also implemented search capabilities within the email client.
email-clientencryptione-mailsecuritypgp
mailpile/gui-o-matic
Mar 2016 - Nov 2018
A minimal, cross-platform tool for creating simple GUIs
Contributions:56 commits, 4 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 7 months
simple-gui
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