Niels J.R. Kjer's work experience includes a role as a Sr. Software Engineer at Woven by Toyota since October 2022. In this position, they work on the Arene Software Platform, which is the Software Defined Vehicle ecosystem for Toyota and Lexus. Prior to that, Niels worked at J.Crew as a Sr. Software Engineer from May 2019 to September 2022, where they wrote code in Golang, Python, and Clojure for internal and customer-facing applications. Niels J.R. also handled infrastructure-related code for Kubernetes and migrated cloud infrastructure. Before J.Crew, Niels worked at IBM as a Software Engineer from June 2017 to May 2018. Niels J.R. also gained experience as a Software Engineering Intern at Victorise from November 2016 to February 2017 and as a Data Science Intern at Stacklist from March 2016 to August 2016. Additionally, Niels held leadership roles at Sarah Lawrence College as Vice Chair of the Student Senate - Executive Council from May 2015 to August 2015 and as Chair of Students for Scholarship Fund from August 2014 to May 2015.
Niels J.R. Kjer completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts, with a concentration in Math and Computer Science, from Sarah Lawrence College. Niels J.R. attended this institution from 2013 to 2017. Afterward, they pursued their Master of Science degree in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2021 to 2023.
October, 2022 - present