Robert Edström
Chief Engineer at Cacti AB
Greater Tokyo Area Japan
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Top SchoolRobert Edström is a seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building scalable distributed systems and market data infrastructure for crypto assets as Chief Engineer at Kaiko. He combines hands-on implementation of big data pipelines with architectural oversight, hiring and mentoring engineers who tackle real-time, high-throughput systems. A serial entrepreneur and software consultant, he runs Cacti AB and previously co-founded product and web-focused ventures, bringing a pragmatic SaaS and product mindset. His academic background spans computer science at Chalmers and a master's from the University of Tokyo, where research on distributed transactional models at ConsenSys informed his thinking on dependent types and robust system design. An active open-source contributor, he has shipped front-end improvements to the popular mui-datatables React library, demonstrating fluency across full-stack concerns. Based in Tokyo and fluent in Japanese, he blends technical depth with cross-cultural product experience in both European and Japanese markets.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development, Web Development at Ljud- och Bildskolan LBS i VarbergJapanese language and culture, Japanese language and culture at Kanrin Japanese Language SchoolJournalism, Journalism at Karlstad UniversityBSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Chalmers University of TechnologyUniversity of Tokyo
English, Swedish, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (23)
javascript10
material310
material-ui10
datatable10
datatables10
material-design10
front-end-development10
materialize10
react10
testing9
jes9
enzyme-testing9
enzyme9
jestjs9
mongodb6
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
gregnb/mui-datatables
Nov 2018 - Jan 2020
Datatables for React using Material-UI
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 20 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the front-end of the project, focusing on enhancements to the `mui-datatables` library. Their work included fixing sorting issues, implementing a custom column hint tooltip feature, and adding functionality for filter options. They also added new features, such as filterOptions.renderValue, and created tests to ensure functionality. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of React and Material-UI components, including integrating new features within existing components and examples.
datatablesreactmaterialmui-datatablesmaterial-ui
vindaloo-thesis/idris-se
Dec 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:119 commits, 66 pushes, 7 branches in 2 months
serpentethereumblockchainsoliditysmart-contracts
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