Christian S
Erlang Backend Software Engineer at Kivra
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
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SeniorChristian S is an Erlang backend engineer with 18 years of experience, currently shaping scalable message-driven systems at Kivra in Stockholm. He focuses on end-to-end product understanding while diving into detailed backend work across Erlang, Riak, and Kafka stacks. A pragmatic maintainer and contributor to the erlydtl project, he has implemented features like a base64 filter and improved reliability through tests and refactors. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful integration work that reduces external dependencies and simplifies codepaths. He thrives in collaborative teams where deep system knowledge meets hands-on engineering.
18 years of coding experience
Swedish, English
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Github Skills (16)
base64-encoding10
erlang10
testing10
git-svn9
svn9
stack9
git6
mnesia6
visio6
sequence-diagram6
git-clone6
exceptions6
erl6
svn-checkout6
uml6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
erlydtl/erlydtl
Dec 2008 - Dec 2009
Django templates for Erlang
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:13 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the backend of the Erlang/Django project. Their work included implementing new features, like the base64 filter, and optimizing existing functionality, such as dropping newlines and replacing dependencies on external libraries. They also added tests for the variable lookup and base64 filter, ensuring the reliability of the code. Furthermore, they performed merge operations and refactored code to enhance the project's integration and overall quality.
djangodjango-templateserlang
noss/pgsql
Dec 2007 - May 2010
Contributions:17 commits in 2 years 5 months
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