Summary
Sebastian Ankargren is a Senior Data Scientist at Spotify with a decade of experience applying rigorous statistical methods to production experimentation platforms. He holds a PhD in Statistics from Uppsala University and focuses on designing and implementing the statistical backbone of large-scale A/B testing, metrics platforms, and backend production services. Prior roles in macroeconomic forecasting and at Sweden’s central bank underscore his strength in building automated, reliable forecasting systems and extracting insights from unconventional data during crises. Based in Stockholm, he blends academic depth with pragmatic engineering to make experimentation both statistically sound and operationally robust. Uncommonly for someone in product experimentation, he has hands-on experience translating econometric research into scalable production pipelines.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics at Uppsala universitet
Swedish, English, German