Simon Sawert
Software Engineer at Validio
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Sawert is a Stockholm-based software engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience, particularly versed in backend development for Go. He contributes to notable open-source tooling such as golangci-lint, where he implemented a WSL linter, added tests, and improved integration and build-quality issues. With formal studies in computer science, Java, and Python plus a game engine program, he brings a pragmatic multi-paradigm approach to problem solving and a genuine enthusiasm for continuous learning. His background in psychology and military logistics adds an unusual blend of user-awareness and operational discipline to his engineering practice. Colleagues describe him as a curious, results-oriented developer who enjoys tackling interoperability and tooling challenges.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
60 YHP, Game Engine, VG, 60 YHP, Game Engine, VG at FutureGamesA-kurs, 30 poäng, Psychology, A-kurs, 30 poäng, Psychology at Umeå universitetComputer Science, A, Computer Science, A at Mittuniversitetet7,5 hp, Programming and troubleshooting with Python, B, 7,5 hp, Programming and troubleshooting with Python, B at Blekinge tekniska högskolaObject oriented programming with Java, 5, Object oriented programming with Java, 5 at Uppsala universitetIT - Programming, IT - Programming at John BauergymnasietFurir, Transport squad commander, JA 8/8, Furir, Transport squad commander, JA 8/8 at Military service
English, Swedish
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Github Skills (17)
golangci-lint10
testing10
go10
linter10
golang9
cirrus-ci7
circleci7
cicd7
go-gin6
pem6
jwt6
jwe6
perl6
python6
rsa6
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
golangci/golangci-lint
Oct 2019 - Jan 2022
Fast linters runner for Go
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:530 reviews, 13 commits, 47 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the development of the `golangci-lint` project, a fast linters runner for Go. Their commits focused on extending the functionality of the linter by introducing a new linter for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). The contributions included the implementation of the WSL linter, adding tests, and resolving integration issues. They also addressed code quality issues by fixing errors identified by Go's build tools.
golanglinterlinterssaltrunner
bombsimon/rust-personnummer
Jan 2019 - Jun 2024
🔢 Validate Swedish personal identity numbers
Contributions:4 PRs, 19 pushes, 9 branches in 5 years 6 months
validationswedishvalidatoridentityvalidate
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