Knut Øien
Senior Software Engineer at HELSE NORD IKT
Tromsø, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolKnut Øien is a Senior Software Engineer based in Tromsø with seven years of professional software experience and a background that spans maritime engineering to healthcare IT. At Helse Nord IKT he progressed from system developer to senior engineer, applying practical problem-solving from his offshore and shipboard roles to building reliable, workflow-focused solutions. A passionate programmer and avid Vim user, he emphasizes productivity and clean, maintainable code while staying intrigued by cutting-edge technology. His unique blend of hands-on mechanical experience and formal computer science training from UiT gives him a pragmatic approach to complex system integration and operational reliability.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Github Skills (81)
kde-plasma10
window-manager10
linux10
directives10
dwm10
cookie10
api9
code-editor9
xcb9
lua9
plugin9
neovim9
github-copilot9
text-editor9
build-time9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Gako358/borealis.nvim
Nov 2022 - Feb 2024
Neovim theme inspired by Andromedia, for VScode
Contributions:2 releases, 98 PRs, 146 pushes in 1 year 3 months
luavimneovim-themevscodeneovim
HNIKT-Tjenesteutvikling-Systemutvikling/NixHNIKT
Jul 2023 - Apr 2025
NixOS Config for Java, Scala and C# dev @HNIKT
Contributions:30 reviews, 191 PRs, 296 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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