Kim Røen
Staff Software Engineer Web at DNB
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
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Top SchoolKim Røen is a Staff Web Engineer based in Bergen with 15 years of full‑stack experience building delightful, usable interfaces and resilient backend systems across startups and large enterprises like Snap and DNB. He blends design sensibilities with engineering rigor—able to take an idea from interaction design through to production-grade web and API implementations—and currently leads web efforts for DNB’s payment products. Comfortable in small agile teams and in coordinating across large codebases, Kim has shipped GraphQL servers, moved legacy systems forward, and improved testing and CI practices. He’s an active open-source contributor with test and i18n work in notable projects like ember-cli and 24pullrequests, signaling a pragmatic attention to quality and global users. Known for mentoring engineers and preempting blockers, he pairs curiosity with a knack for thoughtful technical trade-offs that improve maintainability and developer experience.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Heimdal Videregående SkoleGraphic Design, Graphic Design at Norges Kreative Fagskole
English, Norwegian
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Github Skills (31)
ruby-rails10
blueprint10
javascript10
rails-i18n10
testing10
ember-cli10
rails10
acceptance-testing10
ruby10
emberjs10
ember-i18n10
dom10
i18n-js10
s59
python-templates9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
24pullrequests/24pullrequests
Dec 2013 - Nov 2014
:christmas_tree: Giving back to open source for the holidays
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:36 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Kim primarily contributed to the internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) efforts of the project, adding support for the Norwegian Bokmål language and making text translatable. They updated configuration files, helper methods, and JavaScript code to incorporate the new language and enable the use of translated strings. Additionally, the user resolved merge conflicts and fixed failing tests.
christmas-treerailsjavascriptrubychristmas
ember-cli/ember-cli
Jun 2014 - Sep 2017
The Ember.js command line utility.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 3 PRs, 18 comments in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Kim primarily contributed to the `ember-cli` project by modifying the codebase to improve generator behavior and fix bugs. Their work involved updating acceptance tests, modifying blueprints for generating various Ember.js components, and correcting issues related to file structure and template generation. They also addressed bugs and made improvements related to generator functionality, ensuring the correct creation and structure of different Ember.js components like controllers, models, and helpers.
ember-clijavascriptcommand-line-utilityemberember-js
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