Summary
Simon Edström is a product-focused software engineer and AI enablement lead with 13 years of experience building full-stack systems and secure, scalable agentic workflows for industrial R&D. Currently leading AI enablement at TRATON and previously shaping the technical foundations at Scania, he blends practical engineering (React, Node, Postgres, AWS, Docker, CI/CD) with strong attention to UX, compliance, governance and cost optimization. He favors functional programming, UNIX tooling and devops practices to deliver reliable LLM-based applications that move beyond proofs-of-concept into production-ready, auditable agents. Simon’s background in computer vision research and a Master’s in Systems, Control and Robotics gives him a rare mix of ML rigor and production engineering discipline. A natural leader from student union presidencies to cross-organizational programs, he excels at translating complex enterprise constraints into developer-friendly AI tools. He’s driven by the ambition to make everyday knowledge work AI-first—turning instructions into specifications, plans and working code.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High school diploma, Natural sciences, High school diploma, Natural sciences at Viktor Rydbergs Gymnasium Djursholm
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Lower secondary high school, Lower secondary high school at Aden Anglican School, Sydney, Australia