Hjalti Leifsson
Senior Software Engineer at CCP Games
Iceland
Summary
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Top SchoolHjalti Leifsson is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building backend and runtime systems for live online games, currently responsible for SLA-backed services at CCP Games. He specializes in Python, Golang, C++, SQL and modern cloud-native tooling such as Kubernetes, gRPC and Protocol Buffers, bridging gameplay teams through robust service contracts. His work spans the full EVE Online technology stack, with hands-on on-call responsibility and a track record of moving features from design to production in high-availability environments. Early involvement in the Project Discovery citizen-science initiative highlights his interest in applying game infrastructure to real-world research problems. Based in Iceland, he combines pragmatic engineering discipline with cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable, reliable game services.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Reykjavik University
English, Icelandic, German
Github Skills (27)
json-parser10
memory-efficient10
serializer10
java10
serialization10
mmap10
flatbuffers10
binary-data10
cross-language9
javascript9
json9
cross-platform9
python9
typescript9
zero-copy9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Homeblest/AngularJSChatProgram
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:86 commits, 73 pushes, 3 branches in 14 days
Homeblest/kennslumat
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:62 pushes in 16 days
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