Eskil Sviggum
Software Engineer at Shortcut AS
Vestland, Norway
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Top SchoolEskil Sviggum is a software engineer from Vestland, Norway with nine years of hands-on experience building user-facing applications, particularly for iOS and macOS. An Apple WWDC scholarship winner (2019 & 2022), he pairs platform-native Swift expertise with a strong frontend sensibility—evident in contributions to the popular Highcharts JS project where he improved API docs, demos, and unit tests. He enjoys crafting polished user experiences (and screensavers), and brings attention to detail in documentation and demo quality that improves developer adoption. Comfortable across Apple ecosystems and web charting libraries, Eskil blends product-minded thinking with pragmatic engineering. He holds an IB background and a track record of contributing to well-known open-source projects, showing both curiosity and community focus.
9 years of coding experience
Kvåle SkuleKvåle skuleStudiespesialisering, Studiespesialisering at Sogndal vidaregåande skuleInternational Baccalaureate (IB), International Baccalaureate (IB) at Bergen Katedralskole
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Github Skills (14)
api-documentation10
javascript10
highcharts10
front-end-development9
unit-testing9
objective-c6
xcode6
html6
css6
ios6
swift6
draw6
shapes6
swiftui6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
highcharts/highcharts
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
Highcharts JS, the JavaScript charting framework
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 9 PRs, 23 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Eskil primarily contributed to the improvement and documentation of the Highcharts JavaScript charting framework. Their work included adding and refining API documentation, particularly for new features such as `borderRadius` for the dependency wheel. The user also updated demos to utilize plot options and performed unit tests for new and existing features. The contributions demonstrate a focus on enhancing the user experience and ensuring the accuracy of the documentation.
chartshighchartschartchartingjavascript
Eskils/DitheringEngine
May 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:11 releases, 20 PRs, 57 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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