Patrik Åkerberg
Tech Lead, Tools & CI at Embark Studios
Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrik Åkerberg is a tech lead specializing in Tools & CI with 11+ years of experience building developer productivity and quality-first tooling for large software projects, currently enabling game teams at Embark Studios. Formerly a Senior Software Engineer in Test at Google, he focused on maintaining WebRTC quality and contributed UI and build/test automation improvements to well-known repos like webrtc/samples and apprtc. He blends deep interests in refactoring, design and architecture with practical DevOps and CI know-how to reduce wasted effort from rushed software. Patrik also cares about the human side of engineering—team dynamics, communication with customers, and creating environments that let engineers do their best work. His background spans telecom systems, games programming, and automation, and includes both low-level C++ systems and front-end JavaScript enhancements. He’s equally comfortable diving into build pipelines as he is coaching teams on software craftsmanship.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Linköping University
Github Skills (13)
automation10
g10
javascript10
automations10
webrtc10
python10
cicd10
gruntjs10
testing9
html9
css9
dockers5
docker5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
webrtc/apprtc
Feb 2015 - Jan 2016
appr.tc has been shutdown. Please use the Dockerfile to run your own test/dev instance.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Patrik made significant contributions to the build and test infrastructure of the `apprtc` project. They refactored build processes by introducing a new way to package and include/exclude tests, incorporating test cleanup steps within the build pipeline. Moreover, the user's work included integrating test execution within Grunt tasks, enhancing the automation capabilities of the project. They also made improvements to the build process for Windows compatibility.
dockerfiledevshutdowndev-testdocker
webrtc/samples
Nov 2014 - Apr 2015
WebRTC Web demos and samples
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 7 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Patrik primarily contributed to the user interface of the WebRTC samples. They implemented features related to data channel transfer, including adding ordered/unordered data channel options and improving the layout. Additionally, the user addressed bugs and optimized the existing code. The user's work involved cleaning up dead code, fixing linting errors and addressing a data transfer bug.
webrtc-webwebrtc-demosjavascriptwebrtc
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