Jacob Magnusson
Founder at Spotpilot AB
Borås, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Magnusson is a founder and seasoned software architect with 14 years of experience building full-stack and sustainable IT systems, most recently launching Spotpilot after seven years shaping architecture and devops at Hestra Gloves. He blends backend rigor—contributing to projects like Django REST Framework and sqlalchemy-utils—with frontend polish in TypeScript/React and UI-focused open-source work such as SpinKit and django-admin-bootstrapped. Passionate about Rust, devops and open source, he has a track record of improving testing, compatibility and UX across widely used Python libraries and admin tooling. Based in Borås, Sweden, he holds a BSc in Media Technology from BTH and is hands-on from infrastructure to UI, often surfacing pragmatic fixes that improve maintainability and developer experience.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Media Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Media Technology at Blekinge Institute of TechnologyGislaveds Gymnasium
Swedish, English
Github Skills (35)
javascript10
database-api10
pytest10
python10
django10
testing10
css10
databases10
data-serialization10
flask-ask10
sc10
serialization10
scs10
sqlalchemy10
api10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
tobiasahlin/SpinKit
Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
A collection of loading indicators animated with CSS
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 8 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to the visual aspect of the repository, focusing on creating and modifying CSS-based loading indicators. They implemented and refactored CSS stylesheets, adding browser prefixes for compatibility. Furthermore, the user inlined CSS into usage example HTML files, which made the implementation of each loader easier for others to use. These updates enhanced the visual presentation and user experience of the loading indicators.
animationanimatedloading-barcssspinners
pallets-eco/flask-admin
Mar 2015 - Sep 2017
Simple and extensible administrative interface framework for Flask
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 18 PRs, 49 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily focused on improving the Flask-Admin administrative interface framework. Their work included removing unused code, fixing documentation issues, and addressing Python 3 compatibility issues. Furthermore, the user contributed to resolving exceptions and merging updates, ensuring the stability and functionality of the project.
pythonflaskuwsgiextensibleadministrative
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