Mikkel Todberg

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Accomplished software engineer with over 15 years of experience designing and delivering high-performance systems at scale.

About

Accomplished software engineer with over 15 years of experience designing and delivering high-performance systems at scale. Passionate about software architecture, design principles, and engineering best practices, with a strong commitment to building cultures of engineering excellence. Known for remaining calm and composed in high-pressure situations while making clear, decisive decisions. Proven leadership in coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers, as well as attracting and hiring top talent.

  • 19 years' experience
  • Joined January 2026

Languages

  • DanishFluent
  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Energy & Utilities
  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 9 roles

Lead Design System Engineer · ØrstedJan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

Creator of the Oxygen Design System featuring reusable UI components, design tokens, patterns, documentation, playground, contribution model, and more. Architected and rolled out Ørsted’s first enterprise design system from scratch in a two-person team; system adopted by 60+ product teams company-wide. Responsible for roadmap, adoption strategy, training, ROI calculation, and ongoing evolution (formal contribution model and AI integrations in progress). Leads Frontend Community of Practice; delivering composite GitHub Actions and workflows, frontend guidelines, shared tooling, and reusable infrastructure across product teams.

Senior Frontend Developer · DixaJan 2020 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs

React developer of the main application and design system. Modernized the codebase, removed technical debt, and laid the groundwork by rewriting critical pieces of business logic and creating reusable building blocks. Authored company coding guidelines and best practices to raise code quality.

Frontend Developer · momondoJan 2015 – Dec 2020 · 6 yrs

Angular developer in the Flights team; contributed to the price calendar, search form, flights results page, and map component. Part of a cross-country team tasked with consolidating momondo, KAYAK and affiliate brands into a unified codebase while preserving features.

Software Developer and Scrum Master · NNITJan 2014 – Dec 2015 · 2 yrs
Student Programmer · Aalborg UniversityJan 2013 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr
Graduate · NNITJan 2013 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs
Student Programmer · KMDJan 2012 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs
Software Tester · BAE Systems Detica GCSJan 2010 – Dec 2012 · 3 yrs

Education

MSc in Software Engineering · Aalborg University, Denmark2011 – 2013
BSc in Software Engineering · Aalborg University, Denmark2008 – 2011

Certifications and awards

Professional Scrum Developer (PSD1)2015 – 2026
Microsoft Certification: 70-480 - Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS32014 – 2026

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