Erik Kristensen
Staff Software Engineer at GitHub
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
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Top SchoolErik Kristensen is a Staff Software Engineer with 13 years of experience, currently at GitHub and completing a Ph.D. in computer science at Aarhus University focused on static and dynamic analysis of JavaScript. He bridges deep academic research in programming languages with production-grade engineering, having progressed from senior roles to staff-level impact at a major developer platform. Erik’s work centers on making JavaScript tooling more reliable and analyzable, translating formal analyses into practical developer tooling and infrastructure. Based in Aarhus, he combines a rigorous Master's background with hands-on experience across academia, consulting, and large-scale software delivery—an uncommon blend that helps him spot subtle correctness and performance issues before they reach users.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Aarhus University
English, Danish, German
Github Skills (55)
webgl10
javascript10
canvas2d10
canvas10
rendering10
css10
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
pixijs10
glsl10
angularjs-directive10
material-design10
dts10
svg10
3d10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
webbiesdk/doctrine-cli
Apr 2016 - Mar 2023
A simple wrapper around doctrine, so one can use it in a command-line setting.
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 11 months
webbiesdk/jsnap
Oct 2015 - Jul 2019
Get JavaScript state dumps after initialization.
Contributions:3 PRs, 18 pushes in 3 years 10 months
reactstate-managementlodashjavascriptdumps
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