Jacob Avlund
Mentor at Copenhagen Fintech
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolJacob Avlund is a seasoned tech leader and mentor based in Copenhagen with 12 years of experience building cloud-native, scalable software organizations across fintech, banking and public projects. He blends hands-on engineering—having led platform and architecture efforts including a Kubernetes-based container platform at LEGO—with executive responsibilities as CTO and Head of Engineering for high-growth Danish fintechs. Known for pragmatic quality standards, he prioritizes business outcomes while cultivating modern tech culture and hiring top-tier developers. Jacob has a long track record of teaching and mentoring, having educated hundreds of students and professionals at the IT University of Copenhagen and through Copenhagen Fintech. He brings both startup agility and enterprise rigor from roles ranging from solo entrepreneur to senior manager in multinational settings. An uncommon strength is his ability to pair deep technical architecture work with people-focused leadership that scales teams as well as systems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA Linguistic Technology, BA Linguistic Technology at Copenhagen Business SchoolM. Sc. IT Software Development, M. Sc. IT Software Development at IT-Universitetet i KøbenhavnInternational Student Natural Science, International Student Natural Science at Frederiksborg Gymnasium
English, Danish, German, Spanish
Stackoverflow
252reputation
15kreached
7answers
1question
Github Skills (107)
authentication10
openid-provider10
browser10
openid-connect10
connect10
authorization10
openid10
nextjs10
authorization-server10
server10
oauth10
react10
javascript9
compiler9
hybrid9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
javlund/ITU-SYST-F2019-JS_exercises
Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
javlund/ITU-SYST-F2019-BasicJS
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 year
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