Michael Nielsen
Staff Engineer, Lead Frontend at Plans
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Nielsen is a Staff Engineer and Lead Frontend with 14+ years building high-performance, user-focused web UIs and scalable TypeScript codebases. He combines hands-on engineering with product and design sensibility, having led frontend teams and shipped interfaces for startups, large enterprises and products serving hundreds of millions of users. As a co-founder and former Head of Product he understands the tradeoffs between growth, UX and technical debt, and enjoys mentoring teams to align around clear goals. His work spans React and Vue ecosystems, real-time collaborative features, and production-grade frontends for fintech, insurance and decarbonisation startups. Based in Copenhagen, he favors small, informal teams and communicates candidly with a dry sense of humour that keeps teams honest and productive.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
STX Mathematical branch, STX Mathematical branch at Gammel Hellerup GymnasiumAP degree Multimedia Design, AP degree Multimedia Design at Københavns ErhvervsakademiGraphic Design, Graphic Design at Københavns Tekniske SkoleGentofte SkoleBA Web Development, BA Web Development at Erhvervsakademiet KNORD
Github Skills (155)
form-validation10
time-travel10
sublime-text10
validation10
vuex10
textmate10
vue10
sublime10
state-management10
javascript9
internationalization9
react-native-web9
vue-datepicker9
visual-studio-code-extension9
html-webpack-plugin9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wolthers/vuex-dialogs
Oct 2018 - Jun 2019
Vuex powered alert-, confirm- and prompt-dialogs with a promise based interface similar to their respective DOM apis.
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 21 pushes in 7 months
alertdialogsimilaralertsdialogs
wolthers/SpriteClip.js
Mar 2012 - Mar 2014
Contributions:51 commits in 1 year 11 months
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