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Jim Leirvik

Senior Systems Engineer · Bodø, Norway

About

Senior systems engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and evolving business-critical software across backend, frontend, and platform domains. I focus on system architecture, operational reliability, and improving how software supports real-world workflows — with experience in educational technology and healthcare applications.

Skills

Backend Systems

Backend services in Java, Kotlin, Python, and PHP/Laravel, with experience in system integration, data modeling, and API design. Worked on business-critical systems in healthcare and education, including ISO-related quality and audit readiness processes.

Frontend Development

React, Angular, and TypeScript across legacy and modern systems. Led a design system implementation across an international learning platform, with a focus on consistency, stability, and long-term maintainability.

DevOps

Containerized systems, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment workflows on AWS and Azure DevOps. Background in development environment standardization and build automation.

Security

Web and API security, network hardening, and secure system design. Semi-finalist at HackCon 2021 — top 63 of 421.

Stack

  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Angular
  • Django
  • Laravel
  • Symfony
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Azure DevOps
  • GraphQL
  • Playwright
  • Figma
  • Go
  • Tailwind
  • Next.js

Experience

  1. Developer Edlib AS Jun 2025 – Present
  2. Developer Bilberry Technologies May 2023 – Jun 2025
  3. Developer Cerpus AS Mar 2022 – Apr 2023
  4. Tender Manager VA North Ahlsell AS Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
  5. Sales VA Ahlsell AS Jan 2016 – Jan 2021
  6. Developer Braathe Gruppen Jan 2015 – Dec 2015
  7. Developer International Software Technology AS Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
  8. Consultant Leirvik Nett Jan 2011 – Jan 2013

Interests

Code on a screen

Coding

Started around 2000 with HTML/CSS before getting pulled into an open-source C++ P2P application community. Today the focus is web and backend systems, with a deep interest in IoT — making the digital and physical worlds interact.

First understand the problem, only then attempt to solve it. — Ruben Verborgh
Server hardware and homelab setup

Technology

Got into hardware early — first major purchase was a GeForce 256 Annihilator Pro with 32MB DDR in 2000. Today the main interest is server hardware and building capable, well-engineered homelab infrastructure.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay
Honda Prelude on Arctic Circle Raceway

Cars

Started with a Suzuki RMX 50cc, then a 1992 Honda Prelude sourced from Germany. A few cars, engines, and many track days at Arctic Circle Raceway later, the love for driving remains.

The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred. — Soichiro Honda
Jim with a Canon 5D MKII on vacation in Italy

Photography

Inspired by a godfather who was a freelance photographer. Mostly personal subjects — nature, family, travel. One shot made it onto a published list of great photography locations, which is kinda neat.

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow. — Imogen Cunningham

Ice Hockey

Playing and volunteering. Previously served as club chair and deputy chair at Bodø Ishockeyklubb, and currently involved in re-establishing the club.

Contact

[email protected] PGP · E04A 470E 1BAD 91D1 D290 C2D9 3732 8178 04F2 2912