Fredrik Håkansson
Senior Software Engineer at Spotify
Stockholm County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolFredrik Håkansson is a Senior Software Engineer based in Stockholm with 11 years of hands-on experience building consumer-facing systems at Spotify, where he now drives the Mobile Ubiquity initiative across products like CarPlay, Android Auto, Apple Watch and Spotify Car Thing. He helped create Spotify’s first hardware device and holds a patent for a machine-learning driven caching system developed during his master’s thesis, demonstrating strong applied AI and systems thinking. Comfortable across mobile, embedded and backend domains, Fredrik combines product-focused engineering with a knack for tactile and voice-driven interfaces at scale. As a previous co-founder and longtime student ambassador, he brings entrepreneurial instincts and talent-scouting experience to cross-functional teams. Known for thriving in fast-paced, inventive environments, he pairs academic training in large-scale software development with pragmatic delivery for millions of users.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information technology at Linköpings universitetGymnasial, Teknik, Gymnasial, Teknik at JB gymnasiet
German, Swedish, English
Github Skills (13)
spotify-api7
spotify6
api5
nodejs5
custom-component4
forum3
chromecast3
playback3
braintree3
home-assistant2
javascript2
slick1
console1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
heekzz/PowerHour
Jun 2017 - Oct 2018
PowerHour drinkning game using the Spotify API
Contributions:23 commits, 8 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year 5 months
apispotifynodejsspotify-web-apispotify-api
AdVey-io/GottaAsk-Unity
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:6 releases, 22 PRs, 16 pushes in 3 months
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