Anders Näsman is a Stockholm-based developer with five years of professional engineering experience and a background that bridges software engineering and technical communication. He has worked at Spotify and Aleido, and currently contributes as a full-stack developer, recently joining Scania Sverige, bringing practical experience from both product engineering and developer-focused documentation. Anders is an active open-source contributor to Backstage, where he implemented and refactored TechDocs addons—work that surfaces in developer portals used across many organizations. With a Master's in Sociotechnical Systems Engineering and study experience in China, he combines systems thinking with clear technical writing, making complex integrations more maintainable and understandable. Colleagues know him for improving testability and UI integration in shared developer tools, a hint of his preference for durable, developer-friendly solutions.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Tongji University
Bachelor's degree Media and communication studies, Bachelor's degree Media and communication studies at Umeå University
Master's degree Sociotechnical Systems Engineering, Master's degree Sociotechnical Systems Engineering at Uppsala universitet
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:67 reviews, 98 commits, 15 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Anders primarily contributed to the `techdocs-addons` and `techdocs-addons-contrib` plugins, focusing on test utilities and implementing the Report Issue Addon. They added new features and tests for the Report Issue Addon, specifically integrating it into the application's user interface. Further contributions included restructuring and refactoring components to improve the overall functionality and maintainability of the TechDocs add-ons.
Contributions:3 PRs, 40 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
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