Jakob Buverud
Senior Software Engineer at Buverud Musikalske Tjenester
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolJakob Buverud is a Senior Software Engineer based in Copenhagen with 11 years of experience building full‑stack web applications and UX-focused front ends. He has shipped production UI improvements for high‑visibility open source projects like Electricity Maps, where he enhanced circular gauges, mobile views and cross‑browser layouts to improve real‑time CO2 visualisation. Jakob’s background blends rigorous computer science training from DTU and McGill with a parallel professional music career—he performs as a tenor and jazz pianist—bringing a practiced sense of discipline and creative problem solving to engineering. He has held technical leadership roles including Lead Architect and Principal Engineer, and most recently joined Trackunit to continue scaling embedded and web systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who refactors for long‑term maintainability while keeping user experience front and center.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Jazz, Jazz at Sund FolkehøgskoleComputer Science and Engineering (Honours Programme), 11.0/12, Computer Science and Engineering (Honours Programme), 11.0/12 at Danmarks Tekniske UniversitetBA of Music, Jazz Performance, Jazz piano, A, BA of Music, Jazz Performance, Jazz piano, A at Grieg Academy - University of BergenExchange semester, Computer Science, 3.7/4, Exchange semester, Computer Science, 3.7/4 at McGill University
Norwegian, English, Danish, Swedish, Japanese, French
Github Skills (12)
css10
javascript10
d3js10
react9
html9
data-visualization8
data-visualisation8
data-visualizations8
ui-design8
android-app7
application7
iphone-app7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
electricitymaps/electricitymaps-contrib
Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
The open source repository for Electricity Maps data parsers that powers the world's most comprehensive electricity data platform
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 36 commits, 45 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Jakob primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Electricity Maps application. Their work focused on creating and improving UI components, specifically circular gauges, and integrating them into the application's display. They also addressed browser compatibility issues, refactoring existing code and fixing layout problems for a better user experience. The user also worked on adding visual elements and enhancing the map's UI through button integration and mobile view adjustments.
data-platformparsersustainabilitydata-visualizationclimate-change
WorkBalanceInstitute/graphql-engine-heroku
Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on Postgres with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.
Contributions:5 pushes, 10 branches, 2 tags in 1 year 5 months
realtimefine-grained-access-controlgraphql-serverpostgresdatabase
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