kristofer@thorlaksson.com –
thorlaksson.com –
Waterloo, Ontario
linkedin.com/in/kristoferrt/ –
github.com/reykjalin
Full stack software engineer skilled in system design and integration, passionate about making useful software.
Software Engineer — Automattic, Remote (Canada)
Jun 2019 – Present
Full stack development on WooPayments and WooPay, including PHP on the back-end, and TypeScript and React on the front-end. Technical lead for multiple projects and features within WooPayments and WooPay, most significantly the payment processing for WooPay. Specialized in integrating WooPayments with internal and external systems. Incident lead during several security incidents and outages.
Research Scientist — Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering,
Maryland, USA
Jan 2017 – Feb 2019
Project management in software development projects, and technical lead in multi-disciplinary projects. Provided direction in software architecture design, development, project setup and maintenance in software development projects.
Full Stack Developer — Vigdis Finnbogadottir Institute of Foreign Languages,
Reykjavík, Iceland
Jun 2016 – Dec 2016
Full stack development for the web page https://icelandiconline.com/. This includes front-end development in JavaScript, backend development in Java, testing, and server management and maintenance.
Computer Science, B.Sc., Reykjavík University, Iceland
Aug 2013 – Jun 2018
Mechatronic Engineering, B.Sc., Reykjavík University, Iceland
Aug 2013 – Jun 2016