Emil Bryggare is an engineering leader and founder with over a decade of experience building scalable web products and digital studios from concept to launch. He founded Basecanvas and Convas, shipping multiple in-house products and a customer feedback SaaS while personally handling design, full-stack development, and operations. Previously he led large-scale marketplace engineering at Schibsted and Blocket, coordinating multi-country mobile and API platforms serving tens of millions of users. Emil bridges engineering, design, and business—recruiting and mentoring teams, defining roadmaps, and translating customer needs into production-ready systems. He’s also worked on AI and voice-driven features and implemented billing systems at Tana, showing a blend of modern AI integration and pragmatic product thinking. Based in Cascais and a father of two, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with hands-on technical ownership.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
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Computer Science, Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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