About Me

I'm Torstein Skulbru, Head of Engineering and a fullstack developer with over 15 years of professional experience building software across mobile, web, and cloud platforms.

Based in Bergen, Norway, I'm Head of Engineering at Ditio, still hands-on with Go microservices, DevOps, GitOps, and Kubernetes.

Professional Background

Head of Engineering - Ditio

Current

Leading the engineering organisation while staying hands-on with Go microservices, Kubernetes, DevOps, and GitOps in production.

Technical Lead - TV 2 Norway

Led development teams building large-scale media and streaming platforms.

Consultant / Senior Developer - Tieto Evry

Enterprise software consulting and mobile application development.

Technical Expertise

Cloud & Infrastructure

Kubernetes & container orchestration
Azure cloud architecture (AKS, Spot VMs)
DevOps & GitOps practices
CI/CD with GitHub Actions
Production system reliability

Development

Go microservices
Android development (Kotlin/Java)
iOS development (Swift)
TypeScript & React / Next.js
Database design & migrations

AI & LLM Engineering

Agentic coding workflows (Claude Code)
Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
LLM-backed features in production
Prompt & context engineering
Rolling out AI tooling across teams

Education

University of Bergen

Computer Science

Beyond Code

When I'm not coding, I'm a husband and dad to three kids. I enjoy tinkering with smart home automation and exploring the mountains around Bergen. I write about my technical experiences on this blog and share my projects in my portfolio.

Get in Touch

I'm always happy to connect with fellow developers and tech enthusiasts.

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The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not represent my employer's views.