Summary
Per Henden is a senior software developer and hands-on architect based in Oslo with 14 years of experience delivering complex, high-availability systems across cloud-native microservices, mobile apps, and legacy modernization projects. He has led cross-functional teams as tech lead and Scrum Master while owning operational responsibility for mission-critical services, blending architecture, DevOps, and CI/CD practices. Recent work includes building a new case management system on Kotlin, Ktor, GCP and Kubernetes and prior roles designing high-volume data capture and privacy-sensitive platforms at Schibsted. He brings deep experience in security, test automation, and integrations for large systems-of-systems, plus practical skills across Android, backend JVM stacks, and cloud platforms. Outside work he’s a dad, tabletop roleplayer and board game enthusiast—traits that feed his collaborative leadership and systems-thinking. His background in AI from NTNU and long history in release engineering and QA give him an uncommon mix of formal ML knowledge and pragmatic reliability engineering.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
IT mathematics and physics, IT mathematics and physics at Skeisvang videregående skole
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Norwegian