Ebba Makinen

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VP of Engineering · Embedded systems · embedded Linux

Alder Health
Copenhagen, Denmark · CET (UTC+1)
12+ years experience
University of Amsterdam
English, Danish
Open to work
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Overview

Currently at Alder Health, where I lead embedded systems with a team of 49. Built the experimentation framework 33 product teams use to ship changes safely. Mentored 11 engineers through their first promotion.

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Skills
Bluetooth LEhardware bring-upARM Cortex-MRTOSembedded LinuxMVVM
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Embedded Engineer in marketplaces, Copenhagen or hybrid

Target roles
Embedded Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
Developer tools, Consumer apps
Work mode
Remote
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in Denmark
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead embedded systems work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

24 years in embedded systems. Strongest at RTOS and Bluetooth LE. Open to the right conversation.

Copenhagen, Denmark · remote OKhardware bring-upmvvmarm cortex-m
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Experience

  1. VP of Engineering
    Sep 2024 - Present
    Alder Health · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Cut p99 latency on the firmware services from 482ms to 122ms.
    • Wrote the MVVM service that now handles 84 million requests a day.
    • Grew the firmware team from 3 to 12 engineers.
  2. Principal Engineer
    Jul 2023 - Sep 2024
    LVMH · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Led or co-led 11 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Previously an operator for 7 years before investing.
  3. Staff Embedded Engineer
    Jun 2020 - Jul 2023
    Spotify · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Led the migration of 69 services to Bluetooth LE.
    • Mentored 7 engineers through their first promotion.
  4. Embedded Engineer
    May 2018 - Jun 2020
    Capgemini · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Moved 69% of firmware traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  5. Principal Engineer
    Oct 2014 - May 2018
    Feedzai · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Backed 49 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.

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Education

  1. University of Amsterdam
    BSc, Mathematics
    1998 - 2001

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