Eirik Sørsdal
Product Manager at Hjelpemiddelspesialisten as
Berlin, Norway
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Top SchoolEirik Sørsdal is a Product Manager and front-end developer with 13 years of diverse experience bridging healthcare, human services, and software product delivery. Based in Berlin but originally from Norway, he blends a background in nursing, coaching, and HR with hands-on engineering—contributing UI improvements to high-profile open-source projects like Zipkin and Storybook to modernize trace visualization and build-tool compatibility. At Hjelpemiddelspesialisten he translates user needs into product outcomes, informed by prior roles in vocational rehabilitation and public-sector projects focused on preventing exclusion. His engineering contributions show practical mastery of modern JS tooling (Webpack, Vite, esbuild) and a knack for improving developer workflows and UX. Eirik’s unique combination of clinical empathy, coaching methods, and technical craft lets him design products that are both usable and robust. Outside work he’s a freelance musician, reflecting a creative approach to problem solving and collaboration.
14 years of coding experience
Fitness 10 studiepoeng, Fitness 10 studiepoeng at Norges idrettshøgskole (NIH)Idrettsfag, Idrettsfag at Oppegård VGS IdrettMarkedsføring/markedsledelse, Markedsføring/markedsledelse at Høgskolen i Hedmark (HH)Bachelor's degree, Autorisert sykepleier, Bachelor's degree, Autorisert sykepleier at Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
English
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Github Skills (38)
javascript10
npm10
storybook10
typescript10
vite10
ui-design10
zipkin10
webpack10
esbuild10
front-end-development10
webpacker10
typescript-types10
maven10
nodejs10
typescripts10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin
Sep 2013 - Oct 2022
"Maven-node-grunt-gulp-npm-node-plugin to end all maven-node-grunt-gulp-npm-plugins." A Maven plugin that downloads/installs Node and NPM locally, runs NPM install, Grunt, Gulp and/or Karma.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 453 commits, 214 PRs in 9 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Eirik primarily focused on improving the functionality and stability of the frontend-maven-plugin. Their contributions included refactoring code to reduce API visibility and improve testability, fixing build issues on macOS, and addressing bugs in the installation and execution of Node.js and npm. They also implemented enhancements such as adding proxy support and ensuring correct output color handling, and added example configurations and documentation.
gulpmavenmaven-pluginnpmnpm-install
storybookjs/builder-vite
Apr 2021 - Feb 2022
A builder plugin to run and build Storybooks with Vite
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:24 reviews, 85 commits, 33 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Eirik primarily focused on enhancing the Storybook builder for Vite, contributing features and bug fixes. Their work included supporting the addon-essentials, which involved integrating MDX compiler support and updating dependencies for improved functionality. They also fixed bugs related to story loading and preview snippets, and added support for Vue and Svelte examples. Furthermore, the user implemented the ability to override the Vite config (viteFinal) for customization.
vite
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