Gustav Grusell
Senior Media Backend Engineer at Spotify
Greater Uppsala Metropolitan Area Sweden
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Top SchoolGustav Grusell is a Senior Media Backend Engineer with 10 years of professional software experience, currently focusing on media infrastructure at Spotify after consulting on video streaming at Eyevinn Technology. He has a strong background in backend systems from roles at SVT and Bisnode and experience building high-volume, reliable services in finance and environmental simulation domains. Gustav pairs domain knowledge in aquatic and environmental engineering with deep technical expertise in streaming systems, bringing a systems-thinking approach to media delivery challenges. Known for practical, production-focused solutions, he excels at optimizing pipelines for scale and reliability while bridging research-minded problem solving with product needs. Based in the Greater Uppsala area, he blends interdisciplinary education with hands-on backend craftsmanship to tackle complex streaming problems.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
German Language, German Language at University of ViennaMaster program Social ecological resilience for sustainable development, Master program Social ecological resilience for sustainable development at Stockholm resilience centerMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Aquatic and Environmental engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Aquatic and Environmental engineering at Uppsala University
Swedish, English, German
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Github Skills (109)
video-encoding10
ruby10
linux10
static-page10
package-manager10
homebrew10
matroska9
aslr9
audio9
ffprobe9
hevc9
libfdk-aac9
streaming9
mixer9
mp49
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
grusell/vivictpp
Dec 2021 - Apr 2023
Vivict++ is an easy to use tool for subjective comparison of the visual quality of different encodings of the same video source.
Contributions:134 pushes, 22 branches in 1 year 4 months
encodingscomparisontool-usevideo-processingvideo
svt/viquse
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
Video Quality Server
Contributions:28 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
ffmpegqualityvideovideo-quality
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