Erik Nygren
Senior Software Engineer at CaptionHub
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolErik Nygren is a Senior Software Engineer based in London with 12 years’ experience building robust web applications across front-end and full-stack roles. He specialises in JavaScript and Vue, with a strong Rails background from work on food marketplace and startup platforms where he handled everything from payment flows to scaling and product planning. As a freelancer he honed pragmatic, client-facing delivery skills, and at CaptionHub he continues to apply that mix of product-minded engineering and execution. Erik also contributes to open source front-end tooling—improving UX and testability in projects like vue-select—showing attention to detail in component behavior and compatibility. He holds a first-class B.Sc. in Computer Networks and brings a practical, versatile approach to complex engineering problems.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Networks, 1st (Honours), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Networks, 1st (Honours) at Sheffield Hallam UniversityInformation Technology, Information Technology at Helixgymnasiet
English, Swedish
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Github Skills (9)
html10
javascript10
vue10
css9
unit-testing8
testing8
unit-test8
select-input7
selectbox7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sagalbot/vue-select
Apr 2018 - Jul 2022
Everything you wish the HTML <select> element could do, wrapped up into a lightweight, extensible Vue component.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 31 comments in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Erik primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and user experience of the `vue-select` component. Their contributions included fixing layout issues, particularly related to the search input field in single and multiple selection modes. They also implemented improvements such as making the 'autocomplete' attribute configurable and retaining input focus after adding tags in `noDrop` mode. Additionally, the user contributed to test suite improvements and Vuex strict mode compatibility.
selectingeverythingvue3comboboxvue-datepicker
neonpictures/bootstrap3-sass
Oct 2021 - Apr 2025
bootstrap-sass 3 continue
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 years 6 months
sasscssbootstrap-sassstarterkitbootstrap
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