Ludwig Bäcklund
Frontend Engineer at Mentimeter
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolLudwig Bäcklund is a frontend-focused full-stack engineer with nine years of experience delivering scalable web applications. He currently builds frontend at Mentimeter, leveraging React, GraphQL, and Next.js to deliver polished, user-friendly experiences. At Blocket, he led server-side React development with Next.js, built a Django backend and GraphQL schema, and deployed cloud-native apps on AWS, while driving CI/CD and performance optimizations. He also spearheaded internal tooling as Technical Domain Lead for the company's React component library and helped architect a Redux plugin system for cross-app sharing. Earlier, as Project Lead for Agricam AB, he guided React/Redux adoption, internationalization, and system architecture, and mentored teammates. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, he pairs hands-on development with a focus on maintainability, testing, and scalable frontend-backend integration.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Programming, Bachelor of Science in Programming at Linköpings universitet
Github Skills (200)
authentication10
react-server-components10
isomorphic-javascript10
javascript10
acl10
jwt10
casl10
typescript10
isomorphic10
reactjs10
authorization10
cancan10
server-actions10
permissions10
react10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ludwigbacklund/poeguide
Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
Character timeline planner for Path of Exile
Contributions:38 PRs, 84 pushes, 38 branches in 1 year 10 months
timelineexilepathofexileplannerpath-of-exile
mentimeter/menti-frontend-assessment
Jan 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 reviews, 3 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year
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