# Niclas Overby Ⓝ (@overby.me)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/overby.me

## About

A well-rounded platform engineer passionate about bringing harmony and clarity to the modern software stack. I work across the full spectrum, from programming languages, build systems, and operating systems to CI/CD, cloud orchestration, and web technologies, to create reliable, maintainable, and scalable infrastructure.

## Experience

- **Teaching Assistant at Aalborg Universitet** (2016 – 2017)
  Helped students, participating in imperative programming course, to solve exercises and gave feedback on their assignments.
- **DevOps Engineer at Aivero** (2018 – 2023)
  Built an end-to-end platform for capturing, streaming, and managing 2D/3D video data from distributed camera fleets to power computer vision and AI model training
  \- Developed high-performance depth-video streaming pipeline using custom Rust GStreamer elements, enabling real-time 3D data transmission
  \- Implemented 3D reconstruction algorithms processing depth-video streams for spatial mapping and scene understanding
  \- Architected multi-cloud infrastructure spanning AWS and Azure with Kubernetes orchestration, ensuring high availability and scalability
  \- Established over-the-air (OTA) update system for embedded camera devices using OpenBalena, enabling remote fleet management of hundreds of edge devices
  \- Designed and implemented custom CI/CD pipelines for GitLab and GitHub, optimizing monorepo workflows and reducing integration friction
  \- Built robust binary artifact management system using Conan and Artifactory, streamlining dependency management across Rust, C, and C++ codebases
  \- Created intuitive web interfaces with React, TypeScript, and GraphQL for camera fleet monitoring and data visualization
  \- Developed scalable backend infrastructure using Hasura and PostgreSQL, providing real-time GraphQL APIs for video metadata and device management
  \- Integrated diverse technology stack (embedded systems, cloud infrastructure, web applications) into cohesive development and production workflows, bridging hardware and software domains
- **Senior DevOps Engineer at Factbird** (2023 – 2025)
  Empowered global industrial companies in their digital transformation journey, building scalable infrastructure and tools to optimize manufacturing resource utilization
  \- Orchestrated multi-account AWS infrastructure supporting real-time IoT data processing from factory floors worldwide
  \- Streamlined developer experience by introducing Nix-based reproducible environments for development, CI/CD and production
  \- Engineered custom GitHub Actions workflows and tooling for efficient monorepo management, reducing CI build times by enabling intelligent caching and parallelization
  \- Developed modern web applications using React, TypeScript, and GraphQL, delivering intuitive dashboards for manufacturing analytics
  \- Built high-performance Rust backend services for processing and analyzing industrial sensor data at scale
- **Site Reliability Engineer at Helsing** (2026 – present)
- **Senior Platform Engineer at Veo Technologies** (2025 – 2026)
  Acting as a productivity-multiplying bridge between Software, Hardware, and CV/AI teams, streamlining development workflows and infrastructure
  \- Accelerated AI model optimization by establishing on-premises training fleet
  \- Modernized development environments by migrating complex Docker-based test setups to reproducible Nix configurations
  \- Pioneered integration of Yocto/BitBake embedded Linux builds with CUDA GPU acceleration in Nix ecosystem
  \- Spearheaded company-wide adoption of Nix developer environments, improving build reproducibility and onboarding experience
  \- Architected and deployed NixOS-based on-premises build server infrastructure for continuous integration
  \- Optimized developer productivity by managing multi-tiered caching infrastructure (Yocto, Nix, Sccache) reducing build times across teams

## Education

- **Viborg College of Technology** — Higher Technical Examination (2011 – 2014)
- **Aarhus University** (2017 – 2018)

## Skills

- DevOps
- Git
- Docker Products
- Rust
- Julia (Programming Language)
- Climate Science
- Nix
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- CICD
- Kubernetes
- Python
- Artifactory
- TypeScript
- Animal Welfare
- Climate Change
- Web Development
- System Administration
- C++
- GraphQL
- React.js
- Alternative Protein
- C (Programming Language)
- Open Source
- Linux
- Bash
- R (Programming Language)
- Yocto

## Certifications

- Alternative Protein Fundamentals: Policy & Entrepreneurship Track — The Cambridge University Alt Protein Project
- Climate Academist — Klimaakademiet (https://www.klimaakademiet.dk)

## Volunteering

- Member of SW/HW Workgroup at Digital Uafhængighed
- Speaker at Nordic Alternative Proteins
- Member at Radikale Venstre
- Chairman of Youth Committee at Danske Børne- og Ungdomsfilmklubber
- Board member at Viborg Børne- og Ungdomsfilmklub

## Other profiles

- website: https://niclas.overby.me