Kim Tore Jensen

Hi, I’m a software engineer and this is my portfolio.

I have been writing software and solving hard problems for 25+ years.

Feel free to contact me for work.

Core skills

Asking the right questions.

Linux • Programming • Integration • Team lead • Security

Experience

Eventlista.no is a Norwegian platform for social events, where creators can share information about their event and track who will attend. The site has a strong focus on minimalism, user-friendliness, privacy, and security. In contrast to many other sites, it is advertisement-free, and structured as a social entrepreneurship project.

Lead backend developer
Mobile-first web and native app lead developer
Product focused development using agile methods and feedback from users
Android and iPhone app development and maintenance

Nav IT (Norwegian Welfare Administration)

Platform Engineer. Nov 2017—Present.

Worked in Nais and data platform teams. Together, we build and run the Norwegian public sector’s most successful application platform. Most of our code is open source and hosted on GitHub: Nais, Nav.

Established a highly available system for wide-scale application deployment to Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes on-premises and on Google Cloud Platform
Contributed to Naisdevice, a secure way to access company IT resources
Participated in 24/7 second-line support
Wrote many integrations and tools
Software architecture, public speaking, community work
Building a modern data lake ingest platform

Meteorologisk institutt (MET Norway)

Software Engineer. Dec 2013—Nov 2017.

During my time as a systems engineer at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, I have worked with many different technology and software stacks, developed both in-house and parts of bigger open source software projects. The work has mostly revolved around modernization, automation, and systems integration.

Designed and implemented the continuous deployment pipeline for the MET API
Monitoring, metrics and log collection, data visualisation, alerting, business intelligence
Lead developer in several software and operations projects
Infrastructure automation using Chef and Ansible
Flow-based programming using C++, Python, and Golang
Internal talks and workshops

Incendio

Founder. Nov 2007—Dec 2013.

I have provided web and system development services, system administration, hardware administration, and tech support on Windows and Linux.

Developed a web application framework, employed in numerous apartment projects showcasing houses for sale
Developed a proprietary REST API backend for the Clue digital dictionary
Developed customizations for content management systems

FreeCode AS

Web Developer. May 2011—Nov 2012.

Worked as a consultant at FreeCode, using open source libraries and frameworks for web development, mainly on the Linux, Django, PostgreSQL, nginx stack.

Lead developer on a rewrite of SomeBody.no, an online diet control service

OnlineGuiden.no AS

CTO. Oct 2010—Nov 2011.

As the sole technical staff in the Internet marketing firm OnlineGuiden.no, I had responsibility for the entire hardware and software stack.

Architecture, design, implementation, and operations of in-house CRM system and publicfacing website
Hardware and software acquisitions
Migration of web platform and data from Microsoft to Linux environment
Tech support for company employees
Business strategy and planning

Comunic AS

Trainee. Aug 2006—Nov 2007.

In Comunic, I performed various tasks such as troubleshooting, tech support, customer training, and web development.

Community

Raspotify

Open source maintainer. 2024—Present.

Raspotify is a popular Spotify client that runs on systems such as the Raspberry Pi. It is a wrapper of the librespot project. I am the current maintainer of Raspotify, in charge of fixing bugs, keeping it up-to-date, integrating contributions, and helping the community.

Suboktav

Stage technician. 2019—Present.

Suboktav is a voluntary group of people who organize outdoor concerts. I am in charge of setting up the scene and sound stage for musicians. I also play as a DJ at concerts.

Practical Music Search / Visp

Open source maintainer. 2006—Present.

Practical Music Search is an interactive console client for the Music Player Daemon, written in Go. Its interface is similar to Vim, and aims to be fast, configurable, and practical.

Visp is the spiritual successor and offers a similar interface to Spotify.

200+ stars on Github
Architecture, design and implementation of software in C++, then rewritten using Golang
Merging and debating project contributions from the community

Go Oslo User Group

Co-Organizer. 2019—2023.

Go Oslo User Group is a meetup scene. Participants socialize and listen to tech talks. I co-organized some meetups, and presented quite a few talks.

Caracas

Hobby project. 2015—2016.

Caracas is an open source DIY car stereo system for the Toyota Avensis 2007, running on Raspberry Pi with custom hardware modifications.

Design and manufacturing of wood casing and panels, using open source CAD tools and the ShopBot CNC machine
Design, manufacture, and soldering of a custom PCB add-on for the Raspberry Pi (HAT, Hardware Attached on Top)
Architecture, design, and implementation of backend and frontend software components, using C, C++, Python, ZeroMQ, and Qt5

Hadelan

Crew member. 2010—2012.

HadeLAN was a computer party based in Lunner, Hadeland. For three consecutive years, I worked with network and core services: racking, cabling, DNS, DHCP, routing, game server administration, and tech support.