Olle Boström
Software Engineer at Spotify
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolOlle Boström is a Stockholm-based Software Engineer with nine years of experience focused on front-end engineering and design systems at Spotify. He combines production work on large-scale React ecosystems with a strong open-source footprint—contributing to projects like Gatsby and WebAssembly Studio where he improved test coverage, fixed subtle bugs, and implemented UI features. Comfortable across the stack, Olle has built component frameworks, added state management, and authored unit and integration tests, demonstrating an emphasis on maintainable, well-tested UIs. His background includes teaching web development, a Mozilla GSoC project, and entrepreneurial experience running a sustainable vintage shop, signaling both technical depth and user-centered, pragmatic thinking.
9 years of coding experience
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at LinnéuniversitetetMathematics, Mathematics at Stockholms universitet
Github Skills (21)
javascript10
ui-components10
jes10
testing10
css10
typescript10
jestjs10
typescript-types10
jtest10
typescripts10
jest-environment10
enzyme10
gatsby10
react10
ui-design9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ollelauribostrom/rebus
Sep 2018 - May 2019
🌟 👣 Take your first steps as an open source contributor
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 118 commits, 172 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Olle primarily contributed to the front-end development of the project, focusing on building a mini-framework for rendering UI components. Their work included implementing component creation, rendering, and event handling, along with the integration of a basic state management system. The user also refactored the UI, added new components and a logo, and ensured the application's correct rendering within a specified root element. Furthermore, they added unit tests for the implemented components.
contributorfirst-stepsjavascriptsteps
wasdk/WebAssemblyStudio
Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
Learn, Teach, Work and Play in the WebAssembly Studio
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:81 commits, 81 PRs, 30 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Olle primarily focused on implementing features and fixing bugs related to the WebAssembly Studio's directory tree and editor components. Their contributions included fixing infinite loops in the directory tree drag-and-drop functionality, addressing silent overwrite behavior, and creating tests for various UI components such as the status bar, new directory dialog, editor, and shared elements like the button. They also integrated mutation testing and fixed context menu issues within the Monaco editor.
teachwasmwebassemblyemscripten
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