Richard Walker
Senior Software Engineer at FINN.no – mulighetenes marked
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolRichard Walker is a Senior Software Engineer based in Oslo with 12 years building full-stack JavaScript products and a formal background in web design and computer science. He leads technical teams at FINN.no and previously at Media Suite, where he shaped APIs, mapping experiences, and testing practices while mentoring hires and driving Scrum-like delivery. An active member of the JavaScript community, he organizes major conferences (NodeConf in Oslo and Christchurch) and runs Oslo.js, reflecting a commitment to developer ecosystems beyond day-to-day work. He’s a prolific open-source maintainer of over 50 npm modules and contributes to projects like Podium and Eik, often focusing on small, reusable Node modules that accelerate team velocity. Known for blending practical engineering with event leadership, he brings both hands-on delivery and community-driven influence to engineering organizations.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Computer science and software engineering, Bsc, Computer science and software engineering at University of CanterburyMaster Design Certificate, Web Design, Master Design Certificate, Web Design at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
English, Norwegian
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Github Skills (200)
json10
json-api10
pipe10
nodejs10
tuple10
windows10
layout10
custom-serialization10
fabric10
heroku-toolbelt10
javascript10
serialization10
macos10
deserialization10
loopback10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
digitalsadhu/admittance
Jul 2013 - Jul 2017
Contributions:102 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 4 years
role-basedrole-based-accessrole-based-access-controlnodejsaccess-control
ash-framework/cli
Nov 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:51 commits, 3 PRs, 30 pushes in 4 months
api-frameworkapiashcli
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