About Me

I am a Developer Experience Engineer based in Denmark with an MSc in Software Engineering. I build open-source developer tools, operate Kubernetes platforms, and care deeply about making engineers more effective. My focus is on CNCF technologies, GitOps, and reducing friction in the software delivery lifecycle.

Name

Nikolai Emil Damm

Location

Funen, Denmark

Role

Developer Experience Engineer

Education

MSc in Software Engineering

Languages

Danish, English

Interests

CrossFit, running, gaming, music, technology

Talks and Presentations

KSail — a tool for creating, maintaining and operating Kubernetes clusters with ease KCD Denmark 2024

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This talk presents KSail to the world. The talk demonstrates the core capabilities of KSail, and how it enables developers to shift-left Kubernetes operation and development practices. You will see first-hand how KSail can simplify and empower local development, and CI workflows. The talk is a mix of conceptual explanations and live demos.

The talk also presents the roadmap for KSail along with an open invitation to the community to contribute to the project.

Professional Experience

Developer Experience Engineer Jun 2025 — Now

TV2, Odense

As a Senior Engineer in Developer Tooling at TV2, I am responsible for improving the developer experience for the product teams at TV2. This includes working on internal tools and platforms, as well as providing support and guidance to the teams on best practices for software development and operations. I work closely with the teams to understand their needs and challenges, and I strive to find solutions that make their work easier and more efficient. I also collaborate with other enabling teams within the organization to ensure that our tools and platforms are aligned with the overall goals and strategies of TV2.

Platform Engineer and Open Source Community Facilitator Nov 2024 — Jun 2025

Energinet, Fredericia — Consultant

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Promoted to Consultant and moved to the Platform team in the Infrastructure and Platforms department, where I helped scope, design, and implement a shared Kubernetes platform for the organization. The team’s vision was to provide managed single-tenant and multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters across Energinet.

• Developing and maintaining Kubernetes platforms.
• Developing and maintaining different tenancy models.
• Developing and maintaining self-service portals.
• Developing and maintaining GitOps tooling.
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Operating and monitoring on-prem servers.
• Facilitating and fostering an open-source community within the organization.
• Hosting and facilitating meetups, hackathons, and workshops.
• Promoting modern software development practices like GitHub Flow, DevOps, cloud-native, and open source practices.

Software Engineer and Open Source Community Facilitator Aug 2023 — Nov 2024

Energinet, Fredericia — Junior Consultant

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As a Junior Consultant at Energinet, I was part of the Substation Data team in the Innovation department, focused on platform engineering and IT/OT convergence.

• Developing and maintaining Kubernetes platforms.
• Developing and maintaining GitOps tooling.
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Developing and maintaining IT and OT integrations.
• Operating and monitoring on-prem servers.
• Facilitating and fostering an open-source community within the organization.
• Hosting and facilitating meetups, hackathons, and workshops.
• Promoting modern software development practices like GitHub Flow, DevOps, cloud-native, and open source practices.

Teaching Assistant Sep 2022 — Aug 2023

University of Southern Denmark, Odense

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Teaching assistant in Big Data at the University of Southern Denmark. Responsible for creating course material, teaching students, and helping students with their exercises.

• Creating course material.
• Teaching students.
• Helping students with their exercises.

Student Software Developer Jul 2022 — Aug 2023

Umbraco, Odense

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Part of the Umbraco Heartcore team. Responsible for developing and maintaining the Umbraco Heartcore headless CMS.

• Developing and maintaining the Umbraco Heartcore Product.
• Working with operation of the Umbraco Heartcore Product in Azure Portal.
• Working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform.
• Working with CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Working in a DevOps team with a focus on automation and monitoring.

Student Software Developer Nov 2021 — Jul 2022

FiftyTwo, Kolding

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Part of the development team for an e-commerce platform.

• Developing and maintaining the e-commerce platform.
• Working with .NET Framework and SVN.
• Working with SQL Server and Stored Procedures.
• Working with Kabana and Network Monitoring.

Student Software Developer Feb 2021 — Nov 2021

Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, Odense

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Sole developer of a platform used in research projects and course material to explore the possibilities of mapping and visualizing Business Ecosystems with UML.

• Developing and operating a web-based platform.
• Working with C# and Blazor WebAssembly.
• Working with SQL Server and Entity Framework.
• Working with Azure and GitHub Actions.
• Working with Actor-Based modeling and UML.
• Working closely with researchers and students.

Teaching Assistant Sep 2020 — Dec 2020

University of Southern Denmark, Odense

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Teaching assistant in Object-Oriented Programming at the University of Southern Denmark.

Student Software Developer Feb 2018 — May 2019

GF Forsikring, Odense

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Part of the development team for the GF Forsikring website and landing pages.

• Developing and maintaining the GF Forsikring website and landing pages.
• Working with Sitecore, Git and SVN.
• Working with AngularJS and many other front-end technologies.
• Working with SQL Server.
• Working with the Marketing team to quickly create landing pages for campaigns.

Achievements

Certificates

Credly Badges

Completed Courses

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