Ludvig Wadenstein
Engineering Manager at Storytel
Umeå, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolLudvig Wadenstein is an experienced engineering manager with 13 years in software delivery, currently leading teams at Storytel from Umeå, Sweden. He combines a hands-on background as a full-stack developer with senior leadership roles—scaling and structuring development organizations at Codemill and managing cross-functional, fully remote teams at Willa. Known for prioritizing transparency, trust and long-term collaboration, he drives high employee engagement through coaching, 1:1s, retrospectives and team health initiatives. He also has practical QA and test-automation experience in open-source (notably improving test infrastructure for jazzband/django-admin2), reflecting a focus on reliability and developer productivity. Comfortable with both strategic responsibilities (OKRs, hiring, budgeting) and day-to-day team support, Ludvig builds bridges between product, data and engineering. His background in interaction technology and hands-on project work gives him a pragmatic, user-aware approach to leading engineering teams.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Interaction Technology and Design-Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Interaction Technology and Design-Engineering at Umeå University
Swedish, English
Github Skills (6)
python10
django10
test-automation10
testing10
cicd7
cd7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jazzband/django-admin2
May 2013 - Jul 2013
Extendable, adaptable rewrite of django.contrib.admin
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:36 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ludvig's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the project's test suite and improving testing infrastructure. They added a test suite to the `setup.py` file, implemented a test runner compatible with Django, and documented how to run the tests. Furthermore, they fixed import issues within the test suite and made `runtests.py` executable, demonstrating a commitment to testability and automated quality assurance.
contribpythonadmindjangoextendable
ludw/Segment34mkII
Jan 2025 - Apr 2025
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 PRs, 122 pushes in 2 months
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