Simon Wessel is a pragmatic technical lead and senior software engineer with 12 years of experience building and maintaining backend systems, particularly in telecom and fintech domains. Comfortable both driving digital transformation as a chief architect and digging into legacy code, he balances innovation with careful preservation to keep production systems healthy while evolving them. Based in Sweden, he has a strong Java/Spring background and a track record of stepping into varied roles—from scrum master to hands-on developer—to solve real-world problems. Colleagues rely on him to carry team context and set technical direction, and he notably values the craft of reanimating stable, long-lived systems rather than replacing them impulsively.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Natural Sciences, Natural Sciences at Mönsteråsgymnasiet
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Lund University
Contributions:44 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 4 months
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