Emil Kantis
Software Engineer Tech Lead at AB Trav och Galopp ( ATG )
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
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Top SchoolEmil Kantis is a seasoned software engineer and tech lead based in Stockholm with 11 years of experience building Kotlin microservices, integrations, and DevOps-driven platforms. He co-designed key Kotlin services for ATG’s Big9 product, led Casini integrations, and runs his own integration consultancy focused on automating business processes and improving everyday user workflows. A pragmatic polyglot and committed vim user, Emil combines hands-on engineering with leadership in agile teams and a strong emphasis on testing and CI/CD from his time at Rovio and elsewhere. He contributes to the Kotest framework, improving assertion UX and matcher behavior to make testing clearer and more robust for developers. This blend of product-minded architecture, operational ownership, and open-source contribution makes him adept at turning complex requirements into reliable, developer-friendly systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Computer Engineering, MSc in Computer Engineering, M.Sc., Computer Engineering, MSc in Computer Engineering at Tekniska högskolan vid Linköpings universitet
Swedish, English
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Github Skills (14)
kotlin10
assertion10
testing10
java9
javas9
git6
recursion6
merge6
oop6
kotest6
kotlin-test6
bitbucket6
kotlin-coroutines6
angularjs6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
kotest/kotest
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Powerful, elegant and flexible test framework for Kotlin with assertions, property testing and data driven tests.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 314 reviews, 87 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Emil made several contributions to the Kotest framework, focusing on assertion enhancements and core functionality. They improved the `MapEq` assertion by integrating IntelliJ diff visualization for failure outputs. Furthermore, they worked on the `shouldBeEqualToComparingFields` matcher, enabling array comparisons and handling of computed properties. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the framework's testing capabilities and enhancing the developer experience.
data-drivendata-driven-testingassertionsdriven-testingproperty-testing
Kantis/ks3
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
KotlinX Serialization Standard Serializers (KS3)
Contributions:8 releases, 27 reviews, 53 commits in 3 months
ks3kotlinxserializationserializerskotlin
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