Kjetil Østerås
Norway
Summary
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SeniorKjetil Østerås is an Associate Staff Software Engineer based in Oslo with 13 years of professional experience spanning embedded systems, systems programming and UI development. He holds a master's in Computer Software Engineering and Programming Languages and has deep practical expertise in C/C++ and systems-level work, including porting Linux to embedded targets. At Silicon Labs he progressed from Senior to Associate Staff Engineer, focusing on challenging low-level design and implementation tasks—areas he’s long been passionate about, especially compiler and systems design. His background ranges from broadcast R&D and real-time embedded products to Java-based tooling and build systems, reflecting a talent for bridging high-level application needs with low-level constraints. Colleagues describe him as someone drawn to complex problems who enjoys crafting robust, efficient solutions rather than one-off fixes.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (32)
json-parser9
java9
serialization9
protobuf9
rust8
grpc8
python8
rpc8
go8
mmap8
flatbuffers8
typescript8
zero-copy8
gnu-toolchain8
javascript8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kjetilos/art-of-programming
Mar 2014 - Mar 2018
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes in 4 years 1 month
kjetilos/ethernet-expansion
Aug 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 1 year 11 months
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