Jón Helgason
Founder & Software Engineer at jonrh ltd.
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolJón Helgason is a Co-Founder and CTO with 11 years of engineering experience, currently leading product and engineering at Tímavera, a time-tracking app for contractors. He’s a full-stack founder who designs product, ships frontend features, manages devops, and handles onboarding and customer support—bridging technical execution with day-to-day operations. His background spans startups and contract work, building dashboards and BI visualisations with JavaScript/TypeScript, React/React Native, and lightweight frameworks like Mithril. Past roles include engineering work for fish-farming monitoring systems and live-entertainment analytics, showing a knack for turning hardware signals and AI outputs into usable dashboards. Jón holds an MSc in Computer Science from University College Dublin and often pairs pragmatic engineering with growth-focused freelance projects that boosted client visibility and conversions. Based in Seattle but with deep Icelandic roots, he blends international product perspective with hands-on technical delivery.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at Reykjavik UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at University College DublinMatriculation Examination Computer Science, Matriculation Examination Computer Science at Iðnskólinn í Reykjavík
English
Github Skills (118)
mobile-development10
complex-numbers10
javascript10
app-framework10
browser10
js10
highcharts10
expression-evaluator10
typescript10
react-native-component10
cross-platform10
android10
mobile10
ios10
react-native10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
jonrh/jonrh.is
Nov 2016 - Nov 2022
💻 Personal website, built with GatsbyJS
Contributions:224 commits, 5 PRs, 152 pushes in 6 years 1 month
gatsbyjs
jonrh/jonrh
Aug 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 16 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 11 months
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