Summary
Stian Vrba is a Senior Software Engineer based in Oslo with 15 years of hands-on experience spanning systems programming, concurrency, and cryptography, underpinned by a PhD in computer science focused on parallel programming. He has built production-grade C/C++ systems—from a multithread-safe TB-scale storage engine and differential-compression file formats to realtime OpenGL video pipelines and camera tracking integrations. As co-founder and CTO of Quine AS and now at Cloud Connection AS, he blends research-grade algorithmic rigor with pragmatic engineering for startups and research projects. His background includes applied mathematics and cryptographic system integration for national PKI services, revealing a rare combination of deep theoretical knowledge and operational security experience. Notably, he has a track record of implementing low-level, performance-critical components (compression, streambufs, concurrency primitives) rather than only high-level orchestration.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., computer science, Ph.D., computer science at University of Oslo
dipl.ing., computer science, dipl.ing., computer science at University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Norwegian