Curriculum Vitae

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Roles

  1. Company
    Yazen
    Role
    Senior Software Engineer
    Date
    Aug 2023 Present
  2. Company
    Spotify Workers Unionen
    Role
    Founder & President
    Date
    Jan 2023 Jul 2023
    Founded Spotify Sweden's first employee organisation and led it for six of the most emotionally intense and meaningful months of my life.
    Read more about member support, organising, networking and media work
  3. Company
    Spotify
    Role
    Senior Software Engineer
    Date
    Jul 2021 Jul 2023
    Senior full-stack role working on a Digital Audio Workstation called Soundtrap. I succeeded at some fairly major challenges here in the context of a complex app and a very large organisation.
    Read more about distributed systems, accessibility and technical leadership
  4. Company
    Natural Cycles
    Role
    Front End Architect
    Date
    Nov 2018 May 2021
    Technical leadership role helping the Natural Cycles web team to unlock their potential. This was my first senior role, and I found I thrived with the ambiguity and openness that came with that.
    Read more about headless Wordpress, A/B testing and Shopify
  5. Company
    Spotify
    Role
    Software Engineer
    Date
    Apr 2016 Oct 2018
    Full-stack role building and maintaining the Spotify desktop app and web player. I immigrated to Sweden for this role, and it was also my first taste of the politics of larger organisations. Learning how to contribute in this new environment was a major focus here.
    Read more about podcasts, React, Sass, and Node
  6. Company
    MixRadio
    Role
    Software Engineer
    Date
    May 2015 Apr 2016
    MixRadio was a music streaming service that I joined shortly after its sale by Microsoft. This was a business with a short cash runway and a long to-do list, so my focus in this role was on speed & execution.
    Read more about BDD, chat ops, playlists, and DRM
  7. Company
    BaseKit
    Role
    Software Engineer
    Date
    May 2012 May 2015
    Front-line management and full-stack web development on a B2B SaaS website builder platform similar to Squarespace. This role was where I stopped being a junior engineer, accumulating some of my first real achievements and self-confidence.
    Read more about isomorphic rendering, billing systems and team leadership
  8. Company
    Ents24
    Role
    Web Developer
    Date
    Aug 2010 May 2012
    Full-stack web development on the UK’s 3rd busiest live entertainment tickets website. This was my first job after graduating from university, so my focus here was on learning.
    Read more about cache management, REST API integration

Education

  1. University of Liverpool
    Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science
    2007 2010
  2. University of Liverpool
    Diploma In Higher Education, Latin American Studies
    2004 2006

Certifications

  1. IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals
    Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA)
    2022-11
  2. agil8
    Certified ScrumMaster
    2014-08