Summary
Jon Petersson is an experienced iOS developer based in Gothenburg, Sweden, with nine years building mobile apps across privacy-focused, public sector, and automotive contexts. Currently at Mullvad VPN, he brings hands-on expertise in shipping reliable, user-centered iOS experiences and has a track record of working as a consultant for organizations like Västra Götalandsregionen and CEVT. His background spans both iOS and Android development, early backend and tooling work in PHP and Rails, and practical use of agile practices, Git/Gerrit and CI workflows. Notably, he has delivered apps touching sensitive domains—health monitoring and secure messaging—requiring high reliability and attention to privacy. Comfortable moving between product teams and consultancy roles, he combines a pragmatic engineering approach with a cross-disciplinary communications background rooted in studies of Japanese language and media.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor's degree Communication and Media Studies at Jönköping University
Higher Vocational Education Agile Web Developer, Higher Vocational Education Agile Web Developer at KYH Göteborg
Japanese Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature at Kansai Gaidai University
Japanese Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature at University of Gothenburg
Japanese, Swedish, English