Jesper Nielsen
Staff Software Engineer at Uber
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region
Summary
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Top SchoolJesper Nielsen is a Staff Software Engineer based in Aarhus with 11 years of experience building production-grade systems across startups and large tech companies. He has cycled through multiple roles at Uber—rising from Software Engineer to Staff—and led cloud services at Toitware, blending hands-on backend development with technical leadership. Jesper’s background includes founding a company and serving as CTO, reflecting an entrepreneurial mindset alongside formal MSc training in Computer Science from Aarhus University (with coursework at UC San Diego). He specializes in designing scalable cloud architectures and shipping reliable systems at scale, with a track record of mentoring teams and bridging product needs with engineering execution. Pragmatic and versatile, he brings experience in both enterprise and startup environments, often stepping into leadership where implementation details matter.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Aarhus UniversityUniversity of California, San Diego
Danish, English
Github Skills (104)
json-parser10
parser10
livereload10
esp3210
code-injection10
dependency-injection10
json10
reflection10
toit10
injection10
reloading10
wifi10
turbo9
golang9
directives9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jstroem/ng-input-currency
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
input formatter as currency with Angular
Contributions:1 release, 2 commits, 6 PRs in 7 months
currencytypescriptformatterangular
toitware/esptool.js
Jun 2021 - Nov 2021
TypeScript port of the esptool
Contributions:10 releases, 4 reviews, 12 commits in 4 months
typescriptesptool
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