Summary
Emil Ahlbäck is a Stockholm-based developer with 13 years of experience building full-stack web applications and leading engineering teams across startups and scale-ups. He has strong hands-on expertise in Ruby on Rails, React and modern JS ecosystems, plus production experience with Postgres, Redis, Sidekiq and GraphQL. Emil has progressed from lead frontend roles to CTO and senior engineer positions, shipping features from server-rendered React apps to complex e-commerce and study-platform workflows. He favors pragmatic, well-tested systems (RSpec, Sequel) and a playful mindset — “the only tech stack I like is a stack of pancakes” — which hints at prioritizing simplicity and enjoyment in engineering. Currently contributing at Iteam, he combines architectural leadership with day-to-day coding and mentoring. His background shows a rare comfort moving between frontend UX details and backend reliability.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Information Technology, B.S., Information Technology at Svenska yrkeshögskolan
English, Swedish, Finnish, German, Portuguese