Steffen Qvistgaard
Backend Lead Developer at Source2Sea
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolSteffen Qvistgaard is a backend lead developer based in Copenhagen with 13 years of hands-on experience building and leading teams across telecom and digital services. He combines deep low-level curiosity—dating back to Commodore 64 and Amiga tinkering—with practical expertise in languages from PHP and Perl to Java, C++ and Python, enabling him to quickly understand and maintain unfamiliar codebases. Currently leading backend development at Source2Sea after a string of tech lead and architecture roles at Nuuday and TDC, he has a track record of moving from individual contributor to technical leadership. Steffen also contributes to open-source IoT projects like Hyperion, where he enhanced APA102 LED support, revealing a knack for embedded systems and device integration that complements his server-side focus. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who bridges legacy systems and modern architectures while mentoring teams to deliver reliable production software.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
HTX, Media & Communications, HTX, Media & Communications at Nakskov Tekniske SkoleInteractive Media and Marketing Academy
Github Skills (7)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
hyperion-project/hyperion
Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
Hyperion is an open source ambient light software. Feel free to join us and contribute new features! Webpage: https://hyperion-project.org/
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 6 comments in 10 days
Contributions summary:Steffen's contributions focus on adding and improving support for APA102 LED strips within the Hyperion ambient light software. They implemented the necessary header files, device factory integration, and core engine classes for the APA102 LED device. Furthermore, they refactored the LED buffer management to align with APA102 specifications. These changes enable the software to control APA102 LED strips, enhancing the project's device compatibility.
webpagehyperion-projectambientlightlinux
nuuday/terraform-aws-eks
May 2020 - May 2021
A Terraform module providing sensible defaults for provisioning an EKS cluster with Linux and optionally Windows workers, including must-have utility components.
Contributions:2 PRs, 57 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
provisioningsensiblewindowslinuxeks
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