Svend Svendsen
Senior Software Engineer at Uber
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region
Summary
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Top SchoolSvend Svendsen is a Senior Software Engineer at Uber with 12 years of experience building high-performance systems and a PhD in Computer Science focused on I/O-efficient algorithms and data structures. He has progressed through multiple engineering tiers at Uber since 2022, bringing research-grade algorithmic thinking to large-scale production problems. Prior roles include consulting and hands-on C++ development for large geographic and massive-data applications, including maintaining the TPIE library for external-memory algorithms. Based in Aarhus, Denmark, he blends academic rigor with product delivery, optimizing systems that handle massive datasets on commodity hardware. Colleagues value his deep knowledge of external-memory techniques and his ability to translate theoretical work into practical, scalable code. He often bridges research and engineering, making subtle performance improvements that unlock real-world throughput gains.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Aarhus UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Munkensdam Gymnasium
Danish, English
Github Skills (12)
portable10
idris10
mod-manager10
bitbake10
gitpod9
community-management9
websocket8
desktop7
git-mirror7
frontend5
typescript5
javascript5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
svendcs/dotfiles
Jul 2018 - Jan 2024
Contributions:77 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 7 months
svendcs/sodaclub-server
May 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:36 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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