Morten Svanæs
Backend & Security at DHIS2
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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SeniorMorten Svanæs is a seasoned backend and security-focused Java engineer based in Oslo with over 20 years of hands-on experience building web applications, distributed systems and Linux-based services. He currently works on backend and security at DHIS2, contributing to core Java services and Web APIs and demonstrating practical expertise in Spring Security and secure account recovery. His background spans fintech (Vipps), identity protection (AllClear ID), cloud storage and full‑stack roles, showing a persistent focus on reliable, scalable server-side design. Colleagues know him for fixing subtle session and API bugs that improve real-world resilience and for pragmatic database and security work across large codebases. He combines deep legacy experience with modern practices, comfortably navigating from low-level ops to high-level architecture. Notably, his open-source contributions to the widely used DHIS2 core highlight both domain impact and a security-minded engineering approach.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (10)
javas10
database-management10
user-authentication10
authentication10
api10
apidoc10
java10
spring-boot10
api-testing9
postgresql8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dhis2/dhis2-core
Nov 2019 - Jan 2023
DHIS 2 Core. Written in Java. Contains the service layer and Web API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:745 reviews, 556 commits, 1238 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Morten made several contributions to the core functionality of the DHIS2 platform, including fixing issues related to user session management, creating new endpoints for enabling and disabling users, and addressing bugs in API tests. They also worked on improving the account recovery process by adding rate limiting and preventing potential vulnerabilities. The user's work involved Java code changes across several modules, and also shows knowledge of Spring Security and database interactions.
apidhishibernatemavenspring-mvc
netroms/dhis2-core
Nov 2019 - Jun 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
apidhisweb-apijavaservice-layer
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