Jens Bäckman
Chief Technology Officer at Realbridge AB
Östersund, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolJens Bäckman is a seasoned technology leader and hands-on CTO based in Östersund, Sweden, with 16 years of professional experience and over two decades building embedded and server-side systems. He specializes in minimalistic, flexible software design and has deep expertise in GNU/Linux vehicle computers across multiple architectures and multicore configurations. Jens has led design and development for passenger displays, vehicle information systems, and a bespoke C++ microkernel for high-speed communication, demonstrating comfort with both low-level systems and large-scale server operations. At Thoreb ITvehicle he combined long-term product stewardship with ops responsibilities, and now applies that pragmatic, adaptable approach to driving technology strategy at Realbridge AB. Colleagues would note his ability to switch focus at a whim and distill complex constraints into simple, maintainable solutions.
17 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Software engineering, Bachelor, Software engineering at Mid Sweden University
Swedish, English
Github Skills (38)
multiplayer10
user-friendly10
linux10
trinitycore10
scalable10
miner9
git-clone9
mercurial8
monero7
cryptocurrency7
cpp7
php6
qt6
ecommerce6
music5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
czw/emacs.d
Dec 2022 - Sep 2025
Contributions:20 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
czw/jgz-verktyg
Jan 2024 - Jan 2026
Verktyg för Jämtlands Gilles medlemshantering
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
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