Hjalte Sorgenfrei Mac Dalland

Working as a software engineer at Apple and creating games and game engines in my free time.
My programming interests include compilers, programming language design, competitive programming, optimization, computer graphics, and game engines.

Education

Computer Science BSc. & MSc. at IT University of Copenhagen

August 2018 - June 2023

Work

Software Engineer at Apple

August 2024 - Currently

Software Engineer at cVation

May 2021 - July 2024
As a full stack developer consultant, I contributed to a diverse range of projects. My responsibilities spanned both backend development in C# and frontend development using TypeScript & Angular. A key focus was ensuring the maintainability and testability of the solutions we delivered.

To achieve this, we embraced DevOps practices, leveraging continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) via Azure DevOps. One notable example was our implementation of Azure Cloud automatic deployment and orchestration tools. In this capacity, I took charge of testing procedures to safeguard against any regressions during updates.

Teaching Assistant at IT University of Copenhagen

Sep 2019 - June 2021
Was teaching assistant for the following courses:

Sep 2019 - Dec 2019: Introduction to programming.
Jan 2020/21 - May 2020/21: First Year Project
Jan 2020 - May 2021: StudyLab, where students could get adhoc help

The work varied between teaching, grading, and helping students with their projects as a supervisor.

Software Developer at GEO

Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
Worked part time in subsurface modeling department of GEO.

Developed a plugin for the Open Source application QGIS using Python.
Designed and developed various tools for internal use.
Designed and implemented access control to secure a unsecured WMS map API.

IT Technician at Ajour Nordic

Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

Assembled and quality assured Windows based Point of Sale systems.
Did on-site installation and troubleshooting for customers

Other stuff

Configured and hosted various video game servers, for friends and also for ITULAN (Lan party at ITU)
Top 50 in Denmark on the competitive programming site Kattis
Competed in competitive programming contests NCPC, NWERC in 2021

Projects

Vulkan Renderer / Game Engine

Game engine written in C++ using the Vulkan API, with the dream of one day writing a game in it. [1]

Written in modern C++23
Uses KTX-lib to compress textures to minimize VRAM usage
Support for Linux and Windows
Has work in progress networking: video demo
Download the latest demo here

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Contact

Email: hjaltesorgenfrei@gmail.com
Github: https://github.com/Hjaltesorgenfrei
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hjalte-sorgenfrei

[1] - The classic tale of wanting to make a game, but never actually making the game because you are too busy making the engine.

Last updated 2024-02-22.