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Carsten Nilsson

Senior C#/.NET software engineer based in Copenhagen

Hands-on senior C#/.NET software engineer with experience building commercial desktop products, internal tooling, and performance-critical systems. Strong background in Microsoft Office add-ins, VSTO, Office interop, async processing, caching, profiling, and creative technical problem solving. I am at my best when I can find high-leverage improvements in algorithms, system behavior, and delivery flow, and I want to grow toward architecture over time without losing the hands-on part of the work.

Focus Senior C#/.NET software engineer
Based in Denmark
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Selected work

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Ampler

    Mar 2018 - Present

    Build commercial productivity add-ins for Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook, with primary focus on Ampler Charts. I have worked on Ampler Charts since its birth and through its growth into the main driver of the business and one of the strongest charting tools in its market. Contributed to scaling the business past DKK 10M ARR, helped define CI pipeline parallelization to improve engineering throughput, and regularly deliver performance gains through better algorithms, caching, profiling, async processing, plugin architecture, and practical C#/.NET design.

  • Senior Analyst

    Accenture

    Jun 2016 - Feb 2018

    Worked on enterprise client delivery in a consulting environment across analysis, implementation, and problem solving, including .NET-based ETL work moving data from IBM database systems into another database and contributions to a ship maintenance and management system.

  • Analyst

    Accenture

    Sep 2014 - May 2016

    Started my consulting career with a focus on structured delivery, technical analysis, and implementation across enterprise software projects.

  • Student Software Developer

    ClearView Trade

    Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

    Contributed to software development in a product-focused environment while completing university studies.

  • Student Software Developer

    Netcompany

    Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

    Supported software delivery and engineering work in a part-time student role.

  • Student Software Developer

    Infomedia

    Dec 2012 - May 2013

    Contributed to software development in a part-time student role.

Outside the day job

Projects

  • Homelab infrastructure and automation

    Ongoing hands-on work with homelab infrastructure, automation, and operational simplification.

  • Local tooling and workflow automation

    Practical experimentation with developer tooling and workflow automation to reduce friction in day-to-day work.

Foundation

Education

  • M.Sc. in Computer Science

    Technical University of Denmark · 2012 - 2014

  • B.Sc. in IT & Communication Technology

    Technical University of Denmark · 2009 - 2012