Carsten Jacobsen
Senior Developer Advocate
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCarsten Jacobsen is a Senior Developer Advocate with 11 years of experience blending hands-on engineering, developer relations, and entrepreneurship across startups and global tech firms. He has led product and platform efforts as CTO and founder—most recently building a live-streaming platform for speakers—and now advocates for developers at Stellar Development Foundation in San Francisco. His background spans cloud engineering, open-source advocacy at companies like Uber and DFINITY, and founding multiple startups, giving him a rare mix of technical depth and go-to-market savvy. Trained in leadership and innovation at Harvard Business School, he combines public speaking and community building with practical system design. Colleagues describe him as a builder who moves confidently between code, developer experience, and strategic partnerships.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Aalborg UniversityCreating Local Value Course, Creating Local Value Course at Harvard Business School
Github Skills (70)
api-generator10
stellar10
internet-computer10
dfinity10
user-registration9
internet9
address-book9
blockchain9
dreamfactory9
baidu9
crud8
api8
rest8
laravel8
solidity8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
carstenjacobsen/misc
Jun 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
carstenjacobsen/soroban-examples
Nov 2024 - Dec 2024
Example Soroban Contracts
Contributions:82 pushes in 19 days
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