Jakob Madsen is a Danish internet technologist and serial builder with 14 years of experience founding and steering product and engineering efforts across startups and independent consultancy. As co-founder of Privateers AI and CTO of pirth.org he combines hands-on full‑stack and AI engineering with a focus on safety and reporting tools for journalists, activists and public figures. He runs an independent engineering practice delivering architecture, devops and UX-driven solutions for clients from Mærsk to Grundfos, and has deep experience shipping web platforms and design systems. Early work includes authoring the tdcss.js frontend framework and founding a social media management startup, signaling a long-standing interest in tooling and developer experience. Trained in information science and interactive sound design, he blends technical rigor with a creative, usability-first approach. Colleagues describe him as open-minded, easy to work with, and comfortable balancing product strategy with pragmatic engineering.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MSc / Cand.it, Information Science, MSc / Cand.it, Information Science at Aarhus University
BA, Programming, sound theory, BA, Programming, sound theory at University of Oslo
Sproglig student, English, German, French, Music, Sproglig student, English, German, French, Music at Aarhus Katedralskole
Contributions:16 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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