Kristian Lyngbaek
Software Engineering Manager at WhatsApp Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKristian Lyngbaek is a seasoned software engineering manager with 11 years of experience building user-facing and backend systems, currently leading engineering at WhatsApp in San Francisco. He brings deep expertise in data visualization, UI design, API design, and distributed systems, having shipped real-time, developer-friendly interfaces and metrics pipelines at scale. Kristian’s background spans startups and research labs—from building a React/SVG management interface for distributed storage to designing anomaly detection and visualization tools at PARC—demonstrating a blend of product-focused engineering and data-driven insights. He combines hands-on coding experience across JavaScript, Java, and backend services with leadership in cross-functional teams and SCRUM practices. Notably, he has a track record of turning complex distributed state into intuitive, real-time visual tools and developer sandboxes that improve onboarding and observability.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at University of California, BerkeleyM.Sc., Computer Engineering, M.Sc., Computer Engineering at Delft University of Technology
English, Dutch, Danish
Github Skills (52)
dataflow-programming9
react9
flow-based-programming8
javascript8
dashboard8
monitoring8
mysql8
react-components7
static-typing7
visualization7
analytics7
material-ui7
prometheus7
database7
elasticsearch7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
klyngbaek/klyngbaek.github.io
Jan 2016 - May 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
klyngbaek/stream-chunker
May 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 41 pushes in 11 months
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