Summary
Nicklas Jensen is a pragmatic engineering leader and full-stack polyglot with 11 years of experience building and modernizing fintech, robotics, e-commerce, and telemedicine platforms. Currently Head of AI & Solution Design (US) at Cardlay, he drives AI strategy and end-to-end feature delivery while leading US banking integrations and technical product strategy. He moved from senior engineer to a trusted advisor on build-vs-buy, vendor selection, and architecture, spearheading a core-product modernization that retained 80% of users over three years. A hands-on technologist, he writes production Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript and C#, and maintains two Kotlin Multiplatform OSS projects (Mockative and Kontinuity) born from real engineering needs. Based in the Charlotte area and originally from Denmark, he combines rigorous architecture thinking with hiring and enablement to scale teams and ship resilient platforms.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
HTX, Physics & Mathematics, HTX, Physics & Mathematics at Selandia CEU
Academy Profession (AP) Degree in Computer Science, Academy Profession (AP) Degree in Computer Science at UCL Erhvervsakademi og Professionshøjskole
Danish, English