Christofer Bäcklin
Senior Data Engineer
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolChristofer Bäcklin is a Senior Data Engineer in Stockholm with 11 years of experience bridging algorithmic research and production data systems, following a PhD in Medical Bioinformatics. He designs scalable data platforms and tooling—specializing in BigQuery, Kafka, ClickHouse, Golang, Kubernetes and Protobuf—and has built core transformation tools that powered enterprise analytics long before modern DBT-style ecosystems matured. At Formulate and now Adage he served as the go-to expert for data modeling, cost-aware ETL and streaming retail analytics, turning research-grade models into reliable pipelines. With roots in bioinformatics and a pragmatic belief that schema, automation and developer culture solve more problems than clever algorithms alone, he combines deep statistical understanding with pragmatic engineering. Outside work he’s a dad, saxophonist and resident mixologist, which hints at a blend of technical precision and creative flair.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Southeast Asian political history economy, Japanese Southeast Asian political history economy at Kyoto UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Medical Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Medical Bioinformatics at Uppsala University
English, Swedish
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Github Skills (59)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Molmed/Backlin-2017
Jun 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 23 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years
backlin/qmk_firmware
Mar 2020 - Mar 2025
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Contributions:3 PRs, 17 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years
rp2040firmwareavratmelusb
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