Summary
Johan Sahlén is an experienced Interface Developer based in Stockholm with 17 years crafting accessible, beautiful front-end experiences using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, alongside WordPress, Ruby and Node. He has a steady record of agency and partner roles—ranging from hands-on builds for large teams in Amsterdam to founding-level work at Oktavilla—and currently ships UI-first solutions at Monospace. Johan’s background blends creative UX thinking with low-level implementation and internal governance, having led front-end standards and mentored teams since early roles at Starring and Daytona. He trained in New Media at Hyper Island, which informs his pragmatic mix of design sensibility and technical discipline. Notably, his career shows a pattern of returning to and deepening client relationships and code quality over long cycles, favoring durable, accessible interfaces over quick fixes.
17 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
New Media, New Media at Hyper Island
English, Swedish