Sebastian Ekström is a Staff Developer based in Stockholm with 13 years of front-end engineering experience, currently driving platform and UI work at Polar after a senior leadership trajectory at Shopify. He has progressed from hands‑on frontend roles to staff-level responsibilities, combining deep UI expertise with team leadership and cross-functional delivery across high-growth consumer platforms. His background includes leading frontend efforts at Tictail and long-term product work that balances design sensitivity with robust engineering. Sebastian holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Uppsala University and brings a pragmatic, product-focused approach to technical decisions. Notably, he has repeatedly transitioned between individual contributor and leadership scopes, signaling strength in both shipping code and scaling teams. Colleagues describe him as a steady architect who favors practical, maintainable solutions over flashy one-offs.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Media- och Textkommunikation, Media- och Textkommunikation at Wargentinskolans Gymnasium, Östersund
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science Informations systems, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science Informations systems at Uppsala University
Contributions:154 PRs, 267 pushes, 155 branches in 1 year 10 months
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