Sten Sandvik
CTO at Fieldnode
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolSten Sandvik is a veteran software leader and CTO from Oslo with over three decades of programming experience and 25+ years working professionally in Java, now focused on Go and Rust. He combines hands-on backend engineering—HTTP services, parsers, APIs and enterprise search—with people-first leadership, coaching distributed teams and mentoring developers. Sten is an active open-source contributor (notably to Apache Felix and Gradle plugins, plus past contributions to Google Closure Compiler) and has improved core HTTP service stability and path handling in Felix. His background includes architecting and shipping large Java systems, building an XML/XQuery database, and founding early engineering consultancies, reflecting both product and startup instincts. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he brings deep protocol and API design expertise alongside a passion for tooling and developer experience.
17 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Norwegian
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Github Skills (14)
apache-felix10
javas10
osgi10
java10
jetty10
gradle9
logging9
network-server8
dagger6
embedded-jetty6
junit6
android6
wicket6
dependency-injection6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
apache/felix
Sep 2009 - Oct 2015
Mirror of Apache Felix
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:217 commits in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Sten primarily focused on enhancing the Apache Felix HTTP Service. Their contributions include implementing improvements to the HTTP service, adding logging, and fixing bugs related to the Jetty service. They worked on refining the `getPathInfo()` functionality and incorporating service properties. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on improving the core functionality and stability of the HTTP service.
apache-felixfelixjavanetwork-server
srs/gradle-grunt-plugin
Feb 2015 - Dec 2016
Gradle plugin for running Grunt tasks
Contributions:5 releases, 4 PRs, 33 pushes in 1 year 9 months
gradle-plugingrunt-task
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