Jan Östlund
Freelance at Eastwest Umeå
Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
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Top SchoolJan Östlund is a seasoned freelance software and web developer with over 11 years of professional experience and a career in development stretching back to the late 1990s. He specializes in building robust, scalable web applications using Laravel, and complements that backend expertise with modern front-end frameworks like Vue/Nuxt, TypeScript and Alpine.js as well as mobile work in React Native, iOS/Swift and Android/Java. Jan frequently goes beyond coding—engaging in problem analysis, process design and agile collaboration (Scrum) to ensure solutions deliver real business value. His portfolio includes consultancy and senior development roles across Swedish organizations such as Direkttest and Umeå Energi, and he runs Eastwest Umeå as an ongoing freelance practice. Based in Umeå, he pairs a formal background from Luleå University of Technology with a practical, long-term perspective on maintainable architectures. Colleagues describe him as driven by continuous learning and connecting with other professionals to explore new ideas and technologies.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Education, Master, Education at Luleå University of TechnologyMedia, Media at Mimerskolan
Swedish, English
Stackoverflow
896reputation
165kreached
24answers
21questions
Github Skills (200)
cms10
ziggy10
routes10
composer10
javascript10
instagram-api10
laravel10
voyager10
prestashop-module10
statamic10
api-rest10
admin10
electron10
typescript10
laravel-admin10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jannejava/larabear
Aug 2018 - May 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
jannejava/voyager
Mar 2018 - Nov 2024
Voyager - The Missing Laravel Admin
Contributions:2 PRs, 34 pushes, 24 branches in 6 years 9 months
adminvoyagerphplaravel-adminmissing
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