Rasmus Bergström
Senior Software Engineer at Polar Analytics
Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRasmus Bergström is a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable web platforms, APIs and DevOps workflows across startups and consultancy engagements. He blends a pragmatic full‑stack mindset with strong backend and architecture skills—having cut latency from seconds to milliseconds and led platform launches across multiple countries. Rasmus is comfortable across paradigms and tooling, contributing to high-profile open-source work in DefinitelyTyped to improve TypeScript typings for React components. He prioritizes team health and mentorship, drawing on ten years of team sports and leadership experience to create safe environments where colleagues grow. Based in the Netherlands and planning relocation, he balances engineering rigor with practical automation that keeps delivery fast and reliable. Outside work he’s a family-focused father, which informs his collaborative, long-term approach to engineering and product decisions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Teknikprogrammet, Naturvetenskap, Teknikprogrammet, Naturvetenskap at Parkskolan, ÖrnsköldsvikCivilingenjör, Datateknik, Civilingenjör, Datateknik at Luleå tekniska universitetUtbytesstundent, Datateknik, Utbytesstundent, Datateknik at Delft University of Technology
Swedish, German, English, French, Dutch
Github Skills (13)
type-system10
optional-typing10
static-typing10
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
dictionary10
typescripts10
strong-typing10
build-definition10
type-definition10
react10
typescript-types10
testing9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 22 days
Contributions summary:Rasmus primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of TypeScript type definitions for the `react-visibility-sensor` library within the `DefinitelyTyped` repository. Their work involved adding type references, fixing TypeScript version compatibility, implementing tests, and incorporating child component support. They also merged updates from the upstream master branch and refactored the code based on review comments. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of type definition best practices and component usage.
typescriptdefinitiondtstypingstypescript-definitions
LuleaUniversityOfTechnology/2018-project-stylehit
Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
2018-project-stylehit created by GitHub Classroom
Contributions:63 PRs, 158 pushes, 103 branches in 4 months
reactgithub-classroomcssstyled-componentstypescript
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