Sævar Atlason
Chief Executive Officer at Aranja
Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
Summary
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Top SchoolSævar Atlason is a software leader and entrepreneur with nine years of experience architecting and building full-stack systems, now serving as CEO of Aranja after leading engineering teams as Senior Software Developer and CEO at Slate. Based in Reykjavík, he blends hands-on development and integration expertise with product-focused leadership, having previously driven backend productivity tools that make development more accessible. He holds a Master's in Computer Software Engineering from Reykjavik University and is a pragmatic delivery advocate who prefers Shape Up over Kanban and Scrum for predictable outcomes. Known for streamlining workflows and empowering backend programmers, Sævar brings a rare combination of startup CEO experience and deep engineering craftsmanship.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering at Reykjavik University
Github Skills (4)
typescript9
monorepo9
nextjs9
graphql9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
karigeir/lokaverk-vefforritun
Nov 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 29 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
saevar43/hbv401g-2017v-9h
Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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