SOFTWARE ENGINEER · ENGINEERING MANAGEROPEN TO NEW ROLES

Bjorn Gott

I build mobile apps, the infrastructure behind them, and the teams that ship them. Nearly twenty years in tech, from the server room to the app store.

EXPERIENCE19 yrs
FOCUSMobile · Infra · Leadership
BASEDMinneapolis/St Paul
OPEN TORemote / hybrid

About

I was a computer nerd long before it was my job. Professionally, I've worked in tech since 2007, first in IT, then as a software engineer, then as an engineering manager. I'm looking for my next role in software engineering, infrastructure/DevOps or engineering leadership, either remote or hybrid in the Twin Cities.

How I work

  1. 01

    I know what's under the code.

    I spent twelve years in IT before writing software full time. So I think about the servers, networks and DNS my code runs on, not just the code itself.

  2. 02

    Just enough process.

    When my team outgrew working ad hoc, I didn't impose a full agile framework. Two-week sprints with planning and standups were enough to make releases predictable and priorities clear.

  3. 03

    Own the whole path.

    I like taking work from the editor all the way to production: backend, CI/CD and deployment. This site does exactly that: every merge is built, tested and deployed by my self-hosted GitLab into a container in my homelab.

  • Kotlin
  • Swift
  • Docker
  • nginx
  • DNS
  • Networking
  • CI/CD
  • Linux
NOW · OCT 2026
  • Looking for my next role
  • Building Android apps with a friend

Experience

  1. IT2007–2019
  2. Software Engineer2019–2021
  3. Engineering Manager2021–2023 · team of 7
  4. Founding Engineer2023–2026 · startup

B.S. Computer Science, University of North Dakota

Full history on LinkedIn →

Projects

MOBILE

Android apps, with a partner

I design and build Android apps in Kotlin with a friend. More to share soon.

THIS SITE

Two sites, one container

bjorngott.com and kb0vfj.net are hand-written HTML with no frameworks and no trackers, served by a single nginx container that GitLab CI builds and deploys on every merge.

HOMELAB

The rack at home

Firewall, Wi-Fi, DNS, storage, self-hosted GitLab and a Docker host. Where I try things before I trust them at work.

www.kb0vfj.net →

Off the clock

KB0VFJAmateur radio, 3D printers I build myself, and a bench full of microcontrollers. That side of me lives under my callsign.

kb0vfj.net →

Contact

I'm looking for my next role. If you're hiring, or know someone who is, I'd like to hear from you.

email meLinkedIn →

I can send my resume on request.