Summary
Jan Kroken is a seasoned software developer based in Oslo with 15 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering large-scale systems, primarily using Java, Unix and Oracle. He combines deep expertise in domain-driven and test-driven development with practical experience across Scala, Ruby, C and JavaScript, and has steered both development and technical product management for archive products at Nets Norway. At NAV he continues to apply his strengths in architectural stability and operational quality while remaining a pragmatic coder. His background building a product search engine at Kelkoo and long tenure in finance/archival systems reflect a talent for reliable, data-driven backend engineering. Colleagues rely on him for disciplined design, robust Unix skills, and steady leadership through complex, long-lived systems.
15 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Cand Mag, Computer Science (informatikk), Cand Mag, Computer Science (informatikk) at University of Oslo