SOFTWARE×PLATFORM×DATA×LEADERSHIP

From problemto production.

Built on automation, coffee and stubbornness.

I'm Bjarni Kristján Leifsson — I've never been interested in just one layer of technology. I like understanding the whole system: the software, infrastructure, people, product, operations, risks, costs and decisions.

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10+
Years in tech

In technical roles since 2015

5
Awards & grants

Grants & scholarships

7
Courses taught

Taught at Reykjavík University

1
Mission

Turn ideas into impact

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` OR CTRL+K FOR THE REAL ONE

Ideas are easy. Making them real is the interesting part.

Bjarni Kristján Leifsson
Build. Deploy. Improve. Repeat.
— Bjarni Kristján Leifsson

$ whoami --honest

status:watching from the sidelinesbuilding it ✓

Beyond the code

Engineering, infrastructure, operations and the decisions around them.

  1. 01

    BUILD

    Software, platforms, integrations and tooling.

    Full-stack development across C#/.NET, Node.js, Python and Angular — plus the architecture and tooling improvements that make a codebase easier to work in.

  2. 02

    SHIP

    CI/CD, deployment workflows, containers and production delivery.

    Robust CI/CD pipelines, improved deployment processes, and development workflows improved across teams — not just my own.

  3. 03

    OPERATE

    Infrastructure, platform stability, IT operations and reliability.

    Infrastructure and IT operations ownership, monitoring, platform stability and operational continuity — resolving issues before they became visible to the wider organization.

  4. 04

    LEAD

    Architecture, vendors, costs, risks, documentation and decisions.

    Vendor coordination, infrastructure purchasing and billing oversight, technical documentation, risk identification, and communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

The difference

Same systems. Different owner.

Drag across. It is the same estate on both sides.

Without an owner

With an owner

All systems operational

  • BuildPipelines green, and trusted
  • ShipDeploys are boring, even on Fridays
  • OperateAlerts are rare, and they mean something
  • LeadCosts, vendors and docs have an owner

The Pipeline

Build › Deploy › Improve

A modern development workflow from local code to real-world impact.

Ready

  1. LocalDevelopment

    Build and experiment locally.

  2. GitLabVersion Control

    Track, collaborate and iterate.

  3. CIAutomated Tests

    Test, lint and validate.

  4. DockerContainerization

    Build consistent environments.

  5. DeployInfrastructure

    Scalable and secure systems.

  6. ProductionReal-World Impact

    Reliable systems that deliver value.

Beyond the systems

Off the clock. Still thinking in systems.

Nature

Iceland does most of the convincing on this one.

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Bjarni combines deep technical capability with operational responsibility and strategic thinking.

He consistently translated technical challenges into practical solutions and followed through to completion with strong execution discipline.

Bjarni took ownership of infrastructure, DevOps and IT operations at DTE. He improved platform reliability, CI/CD pipelines and development workflows, consistently translated technical challenges into practical solutions, and followed them through to completion. He combines deep technical capability with operational responsibility and strategic thinking.

Jón Friðrik SigurðarsonDirector of Software, DTE ehf