Siggi Njálsson
Chief Technology Officer at Careflux
Reykjavik, Iceland
Summary
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Top SchoolSiggi Njálsson is a seasoned front-end engineer and current Chief Technology Officer based in Reykjavík with a decade of experience building high-performance, SEO-friendly web applications. He progressed from junior roles and teaching at Reykjavík University to leading front-end teams at Travelshift and Dohop, and now guiding technology strategy at Careflux. Deep expertise in React, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL and performance optimization is complemented by hands-on product work, A/B testing, and Scrum leadership. Siggi is also an engaging public speaker and occasional blogger who shares practical insights on measurement-driven development. He combines academic teaching experience with startup and scale-up execution, often translating complex algorithms and performance trade-offs into user-facing improvements. Colleagues know him for a relentless focus on learning new technologies daily and making data-informed engineering decisions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Reykjavik University
Github Skills (80)
apollo-client10
browser10
apollographql10
intercomjs10
caching10
nextjs10
graphql-client10
react10
javascript9
compiler9
hybrid9
graphql9
static-site-generator9
rocket9
react-hooks9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sabbisun/Beinagrind-verkefnis
Nov 2015 - Oct 2018
prufa
Contributions:2 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Siggnja/gisk
Jun 2021 - Jun 2024
Contributions:13 pushes, 10 branches in 3 years
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