Mads Forberg
Senior Software Engineer at Schibsted
Langesund, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
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Top SchoolMads Forberg is a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years building high-traffic Norwegian media sites, currently focused on frontend and backend work for VG.no at Schibsted. He specializes in JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, web performance, HTML/CSS and React, and routinely optimizes load times and responsiveness across large news platforms. His portfolio includes major sites like Prisguide, Diskusjon.no and several niche tech and forum communities, reflecting deep experience with CMS, discussion systems, and price-comparison web apps. Comfortable across the stack, he also maintains servers and has applied Go in production services, collaborating widely across Schibsted teams. A long-time VIM user and advocate for the open web, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a clear focus on speed and scalability. Based in Langesund, Norway, he brings hands-on delivery and a history of carrying small projects from idea to high-traffic production.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
IKT-driftsfag, IKT-driftsfag at Søve VGS IKT driftsfagMedier og kommunikasjon, Medier og kommunikasjon at Porsgrunn Videregående Skole
English, Norwegian, Norwegian, Norwegian
Github Skills (54)
structured-content10
browser10
server10
sanity10
weechat10
architecture9
realtime9
cms9
workspaces9
react9
irc9
frontend8
transcription8
static-site-generator8
hybrid8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
forberg/happy
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:34 pushes in 14 days
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