Mads Nedergaard
Staff Software Engineer at Electricity Maps
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolMads Nedergaard is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of full-stack experience, currently leading product and technical strategy at Electricity Maps from Copenhagen. He blends practical TypeScript and Python expertise with hands-on front-end work—having contributed UI improvements to the notable open-source Electricity Maps project that visualises real-time CO2 emissions. Comfortable shifting between IC and leadership roles, he has architected end-to-end SaaS platforms, run product discovery with customers, and helped scale a team from the early startup table to multiple product squads. Passionate about design systems, edge/serverless deployments, and developer experience, he prioritises simple, user-centered solutions that have measurable impact on people and the planet. Notably, he lectures in technical interaction design and brings a background in HCI and digital media to bridge design and engineering in shipped products.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Human Computer Interaction, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Human Computer Interaction at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)STX (General Upper Secondary School) Culture and Social Sciences, STX (General Upper Secondary School) Culture and Social Sciences at Maribo GymnasiumBachelor of Science (BSc) Digital Media and Design, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Digital Media and Design at IT-Universitetet i KøbenhavnHGs, HGs at Niels BrockWebintegrator, Webintegrator at KTS
Danish, Spanish, English, German
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Github Skills (10)
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
html9
css9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
electricitymaps/electricitymaps-contrib
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
The open source repository for Electricity Maps App and data parsers that enables a real-time visualisation of the CO2 emissions of electricity consumption
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 1271 reviews, 390 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Mads made significant contributions to the front-end of the Electricity Maps project. Their work primarily involved implementing UI improvements, including resizing the header, updating fonts, and adding visual enhancements. Furthermore, the user refactored components and addressed bugs, specifically updating the TimeSlider component. The user also added improvements to the tooltips.
real-timeelectricity-consumptionvisualisationco2-emissionsemissions
electricitymaps/electricitymaps-contrib-rewrite
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Rewriting the frontend app - done and merged back in January 2023
Contributions:35 releases, 221 reviews, 211 commits in 3 months
reactjavascriptrewritingfrontendfrontend-app
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