Simen Heggestøyl
Data Engineer
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolSimen Heggestøyl is a data engineer and seasoned software developer with 16 years of experience building backend systems and data solutions from Oslo. He combines production engineering at Oslo Origo with independent consulting through his own firm, bringing pragmatic problem-solving gained from roles at Nordnet and Netfonds. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core Emacs functionality and helped modernize the Mezzanine Django CMS, demonstrating fluency across Lisp, Python, and web tooling. His academic background (MSc in Informatics from the University of Oslo) is paired with teaching and exam duties, reflecting strong foundations in algorithms, functional programming and software craftsmanship. Notably, he focuses on usability and test-driven improvements in legacy codebases, turning incremental enhancements into more maintainable systems.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of Oslo
English, Norwegian
Github Skills (18)
cms10
back-end-development10
python10
django10
testing10
templater10
template-engine10
emacs-lisp10
template-tags10
backend10
text-editing10
url-routing9
refactor9
css9
refactoring9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
stephenmcd/mezzanine
Apr 2015 - Oct 2018
CMS framework for Django
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 18 PRs, 16 comments in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Simen primarily contributed to the Mezzanine CMS framework's backend functionality. They added new features to the thumbnail template tag, including the `no_grow` option, and fixed an issue with case sensitivity in file extensions. Further contributions include fixing a test case failure and updating the project to be compatible with newer Django versions, ensuring the search engine and URL patterns worked as expected. The user also refactored code related to deprecated Django modules.
cmsdjango
emacs-mirror/emacs
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Mirror of GNU Emacs
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 commit in 1 day
Contributions summary:Simen primarily contributed to the Emacs codebase by introducing and testing new features related to specific modes, particularly in the context of code editing. They added functionality to existing modes like CSS and Assembly, which included adding menu bar options, remapping commands, and incorporating tests. Furthermore, the user refactored and added tests to existing functions in core Emacs Lisp files. The focus of the contributions lies in improving the usability and functionality of Emacs.
emacsgnu
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