Odinn Adalsteinsson
Senior Software Engineer (Integrations, Laravel/PHP)
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- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Last updated: April 1, 2026
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Senior Software Engineer (Integrations, Laravel/PHP)
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Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years of experience building backend systems, integrations, and developer tooling.
I design and own integrations end-to-end, including underdocumented third-party APIs, custom authentication, webhook delivery, queued workflows, deduplication, and idempotent processing.
I work in systems where state transitions, external side effects, and failure handling must stay understandable in production, because silent failures turn into real operational problems.
I build systems that hold up under load and over time, and improve how teams ship through testing, CI, and practical engineering standards.
Based in Copenhagen; open to remote roles across Europe/EMEA.
The practical mix is stronger than the title makes it look.
Full chronology, including the older retail and service foundation.
Moxso — Copenhagen, Denmark (On-site) — January 2026 – March 2026 (2 months)
Contributed to a DDD-structured, event-driven Laravel system with many bounded contexts.
Achievements:
Worksome ApS — Copenhagen, Denmark (Remote) — February 2022 – December 2025 (3 years 10 months)
Owned integration-heavy backend systems for a global platform used by enterprises, freelancers, and staffing agencies.
Achievements:
Dwarf A/S — Copenhagen, Denmark — November 2015 – January 2022 (6 years 2 months)
Led backend and DevOps work across multiple projects; primary architect for Husweb, a national housing-report system with complex workflows and external dependencies.
Konstellation/Republica — Copenhagen, Denmark — September 2015 – November 2015 (2 months)
Responsible for developing a new technical platform for the bureau websites made with WordPress and Drupal. Also performed upgrade- and support tasks on a large existing Drupal 7 website for a customer.
Dwarf A/S — Copenhagen, Denmark — February 2015 – August 2015 (6 months)
Developed and supported customer solutions in PHP, Drupal and Tuksi (homegrown framework).
Sunny Rentals — Copenhagen, Denmark — November 2014 – January 2015 (2 months)
Developed a Symfony/Doctrine solution for migrating partner data through XML files, SOAP APIs, and AWS SQS.
THALES (Rejsekortet) — Copenhagen, Denmark — July 2011 – December 2013 (2 years 5 months)
Performed a lot of scripting work with perl, converting data between formats and doing analysis on travel patterns, data warehousing, router configuration dumps, preparing morning reports for maintenance workers in the fields and many other tasks. Participated in a project doing data analysis in the BI system QlikView.
TELMORE A/S — Taastrup, Denmark — June 2010 – June 2011 (1 year)
Responsible for Quality Assurance and some DevOps tasks and performed the role of Release Manager.
Odinns Marketing — Taastrup, Denmark — January 2007 – June 2010 (3 years 5 months)
In this period worked as consultant, internet marketer, webmaster, web developer etc. Continued working with TELMORE as consultant in the QA department, participating in creating a new signup flow for DSL and VoIP telephony on the main site and backend. Advising, testing reporting on quality.
TELMORE A/S — Taastrup, Denmark — November 2002 – February 2008 (5 years 3 months)
Headhunted to TELMORE when the company was very young, with an important initial DevOps role in setting up version control, scaling up hosting and quality control. Responsible for Quality Assurance tasks and Release Management.
Goldware International — Zealand, Denmark — July 1991 – July 1998 (7 years)
Developer of the then very popular shareware software GoldED, a message editor and mail reader for FidoNet and BBS systems. Originally written for MS-DOS and the QuickBBS message format, then later versions for OS/2, Windows (CLI) and Linux and adding several other popular BBS and mail formats. Marketed and sold the shareware software, including handing an affiliate program.
BioTeK — Copenhagen, Denmark — May 1991 – October 1991 (5 months)
Performed ad-hoc tasks on a ticketing system for movie theatres in Denmark and Norway, primarily with the Paradox database and Turbo Pascal. Built a statistics module in C/C++ for the ticketing system.
Spektral Data Import — Birkerød, Denmark — 1983 – 1984 (1 year)
Self employed selling ZX Spectrum hobby computers, accessories and software from home, imported from the UK.
EyeCov (Open Source) — Global — June 2025 – Present (11 months 1 week)
Founder and maintainer of EyeCov, an open source coverage toolchain that makes test coverage visible inside the editor and usable by AI tools.
DTU - Technical University of Denmark — Haslev, Denmark — 1996 – 1998 (2 years)
Completed foundational studies in Electrical Engineering before transitioning to full-time software development role.
Full professional proficiency (fluent in written and spoken communication for technical and business contexts)
Native proficiency (fluent in all professional and personal contexts)
Danny Jackson managed Odinn directly at Worksome. He highlights clear code, good coverage, early communication, and an ability to carry larger initiatives without losing the thread.
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Adrián Moreno Peña worked with Odinn at Worksome. He highlights open collaboration, curiosity about better tools, and a steady focus on keeping systems healthy.
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Hans Peter Nielsen was CTO at Worksome during Odinn's time there. He highlights reliable delivery, stronger CI and test coverage, and leadership on Worksome’s webhook platform.
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Evan Savage worked with Odinn at Worksome. He highlights clean, reliable problem-solving, full-stack range, shared work on test quality and infrastructure, and direct, proactive communication.
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Jan Johnsen managed Odinn in TELMORE Test QA. He highlights strong range, fast learning, and dependable ownership across tools, backend testing, and release preparation.
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Casper gives Odinn an unreserved recommendation for staying calm under pressure, keeping systems under control, and earning the room when he speaks. He describes him as ambitious, approachable, and someone people naturally listen to and respect.
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Thomas recommends Odinn for the rare mix of IT depth and commercial understanding. He points to strong skills across architecture, programming, testing, operations, web design, usability, and online marketing.
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Troels describes Odinn as highly skilled, reliable, and serious about doing what he promises. He highlights the combination of strong technical ability and unusually deep internet marketing knowledge, along with a level of trustworthiness he illustrates with a very Danish used-car metaphor.
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