Odinn Adalsteinsson
Senior Software Engineer (Integrations, Laravel/PHP)
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- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Last updated: August 7, 2026
- References available on request
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Senior Software Engineer (Integrations, Laravel/PHP)
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I like work where something important is still unclear: a process wasting people’s time, a system nobody quite trusts, or an idea that still needs to become something real. I am most motivated when the result proves useful to the people who rely on it.
That might mean saving an end user time, removing friction for a colleague, or making a system easier to understand and trust. I stay with the problem until the result works in practice, not just on paper.
AI is a practical part of how I work. I use it to get into unfamiliar systems faster, prototype ideas, and test assumptions. I also use it to get routine work out of the way. Reusable skills, explicit rules, and structured reviews keep that speed from lowering the quality. I still make the calls and own the result.
I have been building software long enough to know that complexity needs to earn its keep. I ask awkward questions early, take ownership when work falls between roles, and try to leave software easier to use and easier to change.
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)
Worked on 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 system for entering data and generating condition reports and electrical inspection reports for the Danish housing market.
Konstellation/Republica — Copenhagen, Denmark — September 2015 – November 2015 (2 months)
Built a new technical platform for the bureau websites in WordPress and Drupal. Also handled upgrade and support work on a large customer Drupal 7 site.
Dwarf A/S — Copenhagen, Denmark — February 2015 – August 2015 (6 months)
Developed and supported customer solutions in PHP, Drupal, and Tuksi, Dwarf's in-house 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)
Wrote Perl scripts for data conversion, travel-pattern analysis, data warehouse work, router configuration dumps, and morning reports for field maintenance teams. Also worked on data analysis in QlikView.
TELMORE A/S — Taastrup, Denmark — June 2010 – June 2011 (1 year)
Owned QA work, handled DevOps tasks, and acted as Release Manager.
Odinns Marketing — Taastrup, Denmark — January 2007 – June 2010 (3 years 5 months)
Worked as an independent consultant across web development, online marketing, and technical operations. Continued with TELMORE as a QA consultant, helping create a new DSL and VoIP signup flow across the main site and backend.
TELMORE A/S — Taastrup, Denmark — November 2002 – February 2008 (5 years 3 months)
Headhunted to TELMORE while the company was still young. Helped set up version control, scale hosting, strengthen quality control, and run releases.
Goldware International (GoldED) — Zealand, Denmark — July 1991 – July 1998 (7 years)
Built GoldED, a popular shareware message editor and mail reader for FidoNet and BBS systems. It started on MS-DOS with the QuickBBS message format, then expanded to OS/2, Windows CLI, Linux, and several other BBS and mail formats. Also marketed and sold the software, including running an affiliate program.
BioTeK — Copenhagen, Denmark — May 1991 – October 1991 (5 months)
Worked on a ticketing system for cinemas in Denmark and Norway, primarily with Paradox and Turbo Pascal. Built a C/C++ statistics module for the same system.
Spektral Data Import — Birkerød, Denmark — 1983 – 1984 (1 year)
Imported and sold ZX Spectrum hobby computers, accessories, and software from home.
Open Source Systems & AI Workflow Tooling — Global — June 2025 – Present (1 year 3 months)
I build open source tools for code coverage, archive recovery, disk analysis, and old message formats.
DTU - Technical University of Denmark — Haslev, Denmark — 1996 – 1998 (2 years)
Completed two years of study and a six-month internship on the 3.5-year Diploma Engineering programme in Electrical Engineering before moving into software development full time.
Full professional proficiency (fluent in written and spoken communication for technical and business contexts)
Native proficiency (fluent in all professional and personal contexts)
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