Brendan Bell
Software Engineering Manager at Volvo Cars
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Bell is a software engineering manager based in Stockholm with a decade of experience building and leading teams across backend and frontend systems. He has held senior and managerial roles at Klarna and Volvo Cars, blending hands-on engineering with product ownership and organisational restructuring to boost delivery and developer growth. Comfortable across React, Node, GraphQL and cloud platforms, he’s shipped end-to-end solutions from startups to large enterprises and mentors engineers to accelerate their careers. Brendan’s background includes hands-on tech leadership at early-stage products (mobile/web/Stripe integrations) and a curiosity for AI and design sprints through Udacity programs, which informs his pragmatic, user-focused approach to engineering. He’s known for turning complex requirements into maintainable, scalable architectures while fostering collaborative, high-performing teams.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of the WitwatersrandArtificial Intelligence Nanodegree Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree Computer Science at UdacityHigh School, High School at St Benedict's College
English
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Github Skills (17)
toast7
graphql-tools6
absolute6
momentjs6
azerothcore6
angularjs6
java6
javascript6
react-native6
lua5
atlassian5
animated5
neovim4
jira4
react4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BrendanVadacoraBell/Alexa-Jira
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 6 PRs, 10 pushes in 6 days
jiraatlassian-jiraatlassianalexaalexa-skill
BrendanVadacoraBell/aerospacerc
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:3 pushes in 11 months
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