Johan Teleman is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience building backend systems, databases, and product-led startups from Lund, Sweden. He combines hands-on work as a backend/database engineer—contributing performance and query-optimization improvements to the flagship open-source Neo4j graph database—with leadership roles including R&D lead and CTO. Johan has moved between research and industry (PhD work at Lund University) and practical product delivery, co-founding Emission Twin and now leading Ready Code Go AB as a freelance architect and CTO. Known for squeezing latency and robustness out of core database components, he blends deep systems-level expertise with startup-level product and operational instincts.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Master's Degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University
Contributions:1881 commits, 408 PRs, 272 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Johan's commits focus on enhancing the performance and functionality of the Neo4j graph database. They implemented features related to query statistics collection, parameter handling, and efficient data retrieval, particularly for relationship-based queries. The contributions span code changes across the core database components, including modifications to indexing mechanisms and optimization of query execution. The user also improved aspects of error handling.
Contributions:3 releases, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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