Felix Qvist
Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolFelix Qvist is a Forward Deployed Software Engineer based in Copenhagen with six years of hands-on experience building data-driven back-end systems and shipping production software. He played a core role at Electricity Maps improving parsers, reducing API requests, fixing time zone bugs, and adding persistent data handling for a widely used open-source project that visualizes real-time electricity CO2 emissions. A practical problem-solver and former founder, he co-created and sold a micromobility geofencing tool, bringing an operator’s mindset to product-focused engineering. His background spans data engineering, devops, and teaching algorithms, and he combines academic rigor from a master’s in computer science with client-facing deployment experience at Palantir.
6 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at IT-Universitetet i København
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Github Skills (16)
data-parsing10
python10
http-request10
electricity9
api8
javascript8
apidoc8
localstorage7
google-cloud-run6
data-visualizations6
google-cloud-sql6
data-visualisation6
google-cloud-platform6
apache-beam6
data-visualization6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
electricitymaps/electricitymaps-contrib
Jul 2019 - Nov 2022
The open source repository for Electricity Maps App and data parsers that enables a real-time visualisation of the CO2 emissions of electricity consumption
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 264 reviews, 56 commits in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Felix primarily focused on improving the data parsers and the application's core functionality by optimizing data fetching and handling. They reduced the number of requests made by the parser, fixed timezone issues, and updated the codebase to handle persistent data storage. The user also contributed to fixing bugs in the application and refactoring code related to data parsing. Additionally, the user made updates to the configuration and fixed multiple issues related to data handling and parsing.
real-timeelectricity-consumptionvisualisationco2-emissionsemissions
FelixDQ/electricitymap-lightbulb
Jan 2020 - Sep 2022
Home automation firmware for ESP8266-based devices
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
firmwareesp8266mqtthome-automationtasmota
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