Pär Svanström
Tech Lead, Staff Software Engineer MTS2 at PayPal
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolPär Svanström is a staff-level software engineer and tech lead based in Stockholm with over two decades of software experience and 11 years in senior roles focused on backend architecture and integrations. He currently leads a cross-functional team at PayPal building Kotlin-based, event-driven middleware and webhook routing for Zettle’s e-commerce and order integrations. Known for shipping reliable, production-grade services, he has deep expertise in event messaging (AWS SQS), microservices, authentication/authorization (TOTP, OAuth2) and high-throughput transaction systems. He blends hands-on coding with technical leadership, partnering closely with product and design to deliver merchant-facing platforms that keep inventory and orders in sync across ecosystems. A career spanning startups and enterprise (iZettle, Seamless, IBM) gives him a pragmatic view of scaling systems and operational excellence. Outside work he maintains a private GitHub for personal projects, reflecting a steady curiosity beyond his day-to-day engineering leadership.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
English, Swedish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (44)
custom-component10
electricity10
python10
energy-data10
mqtt10
internet-of-things10
garden10
asyncio10
iot10
automation10
privacy10
meter10
home-assistant10
raspberry-pi10
home-automation10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
psvanstrom/esphome-p1reader
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:17 reviews, 55 commits, 39 PRs in 2 years 1 month
meterssmart-metermetersensehome-automation
psvanstrom/esphome-uh50reader
Feb 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:1 review, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 7 months
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