Christer Jensen
Senior Project Engineer at ABB
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
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Top SchoolChrister Jensen is a Senior Project Engineer based in Bergen, Norway with a decade of hands-on experience spanning hardware, full-stack web development, and systems engineering. He holds advanced studies in computer and software engineering and has moved from full-stack roles at Aplia to system development and now project engineering at ABB, consistently blending low-level systems thinking with practical web/backend delivery. An active contributor to the Wagtail CMS, he has improved CSV exports, documentation and ModelViewSet behavior—evidence of his attention to both developer ergonomics and data correctness. Passionate about learning, Christer has adopted Rust as his preferred language for systems and tooling work, signaling a focus on performance and safety beneath higher-level stacks. He enjoys mentoring and knowledge-sharing, applying strong problem-solving skills across interdisciplinary projects that bridge hardware and software.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Western Norway University of Applied SciencesBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Stavanger (UiS)Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at University of Bergen (UiB)
Norwegian, English, Japanese, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
cms10
python10
django10
wagtail10
api-design9
restful-api9
testing9
api-rest9
model-view-controller9
rest-api9
database8
sql-database8
databases8
database-api8
html6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
wagtail/wagtail
May 2023 - Oct 2023
A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 6 PRs, 5 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Christer contributed to the Wagtail CMS project by addressing documentation issues related to the `log_action` parameter, fixing incorrect links in the snippet edit view, and allowing the overriding of `export_headings` in the ModelViewSet. They also made changes to improve spreadsheet header labels and fixed an issue with numbers being exported as strings in CSV exports. Their work involved modifications across various files related to models, views, tests, and templates within the Wagtail framework.
cmsmanagement-systempythondjangouser-experience
chrjen/jenOS
Oct 2015 - Feb 2022
Contributions:1 release, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 5 months
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