Michael Thelin
Software Engineer at Nolldivision
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolMichael Thelin is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building backend systems and developer-facing APIs, currently at Nolldivision in Stockholm. He spent formative study time in Uppsala and Tongji (Shanghai), and has a rare blend of service-scale experience from Spotify and hands-on product/leadership roles including Engineering Team Lead and a stint as CTO at a small startup. Michael is a proven API designer and implementer—authoring popular open-source Spotify Web API wrappers in both Node.js and Java and adding authentication flows, playlist and library management, and new endpoint support. His background includes secure production deployments across Docker and CI pipelines, and multi-year engineering work for the Swedish Armed Forces and financial tech at OSTTRA. Comfortable both leading teams and shipping code, he often focuses on developer experience and tooling that powers integrations across platforms. A detail that stands out: he combines large-company API stewardship with grassroots open-source maintenance, keeping libraries current while shaping platform SDKs.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Tongji UniversitySpace engineering, Space engineering at Umeå UniversityB.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Computer Science at Uppsala University
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Github Skills (24)
api-rest10
javascript10
apidoc10
api-design10
restful-api10
testing10
spotify-api10
java10
bs-web-api10
javas10
api10
webapi10
http-request10
rest-api10
retrofit10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
thelinmichael/spotify-web-api-node
May 2014 - Jan 2021
A Node.js wrapper for Spotify's Web API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 1 review, 192 commits in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Michael's contributions centered on building the core functionality for interacting with the Spotify Web API, as the primary purpose of this library is to be a wrapper for Spotify's API. The user implemented request builders, HTTP managers, and various API method bindings for retrieving and modifying user data. They also added authentication flows using client credentials and authorization codes and implemented functionality related to user playlists and library management.
apinode-jsspotifyjs-wrappernodejs
kaaes/spotify-web-api-android
Feb 2015 - Nov 2015
A wrapper for Spotify Web API. It uses Retrofit to create Java interfaces from API endpoints
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 13 PRs, 61 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the Spotify Web API client, adding and refactoring API bindings. Their work included implementing new endpoints for category and playlist follower functionalities. They also refactored the code for improved formatting and updated existing endpoints and data models.
apiretrofitapi-endpointsinterfaces-javaendpoints
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