Simon Johansson is a web developer and interaction designer with 11 years of experience building user-centered web products across startups, agencies and large tech companies. He has improved checkout and payment flows at Spotify and now focuses on front-end systems at Encore, contributing notable UI enhancements like fuzzy search and a system diagram page to an open-source developer platform. Combining a B.Sc. in Interaction Design with hands-on front-end engineering (React, Node.js, WebSockets), he blends UX methods—design thinking, prototyping, usability testing—with production-grade development and CI practices. Based in the Stockholm metro area, Simon’s background in both musicology and academia surfaces in a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to interaction and interface rhythm that helps complex workflows feel intuitive.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Interaction Design, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Interaction Design at Stockholms universitet
Open Source Development Platform for building robust type-safe distributed systems with declarative infrastructure
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:82 reviews, 30 commits, 137 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the front-end codebase, focusing on the implementation and enhancement of UI components within the dashboard application. Their work included adding search functionality to the Combobox component, migrating from a select component, implementing a fuzzy search feature, and making styling adjustments. Additionally, the user updated React and React-Router dependencies. The user also built a system diagram page.
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Simon Johansson - Web Developer & Interaction Designer at Encore