Espen Albert
Software Engineer 3 at MongoDB
Oregon, Spain
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Top SchoolEspen Albert is a Software Engineer 3 with 11 years of experience building and operating cloud-native systems, currently focused on Cloud API experience at MongoDB. He spans the full stack—from Python and Go backends to React frontends—and architects resilient infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes using Terraform, GitOps, and serverless patterns. Known for improving commit-to-release velocity and multi-tenant SaaS scalability, he’s shipped observability, CI/CD, and event-driven microservices at growth-stage startups. An active open-source contributor, he has enhanced the async Python ORM ormar to better support FastAPI workflows and model relationships. With a master’s in Computer Science from NTNU and a background as a paratrooper, he combines disciplined, mission-oriented decision making with pragmatic engineering and a penchant for clear, maintainable code.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitetRealfag, Realfag at Kristiansand Katedralskole Gimle
Norwegian, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (9)
databases10
orm10
pytest10
python10
database10
sqlalchemy9
pydantic8
alembic6
fastapi6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
collerek/ormar
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
python async orm with fastapi in mind and pydantic validation
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Espen contributed primarily to the backend of the `ormar` project, focusing on enhancing the ORM functionality. Their work involved implementing features like updating models in one-to-many relationships and refactoring tests for improved coverage. The user also addressed minor issues, such as removing unused code and applying suggestions for more robust code. These contributions focused on improving the library's core features and ensuring its reliability.
python-ormpythonasync-pythonsqlalchemyalembic
EspenAlbert/atlas-init
Apr 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:97 PRs, 244 pushes, 68 branches in 10 months
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