Vilhelm Melkstam
Software Engineer at Atlar
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolVilhelm Melkstam is a Stockholm-based software engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications, primarily focused on frontend and infrastructure for e-commerce optimisation platforms. He has worked in startups like Skrym and Atlar, and runs a small web agency that delivered practical, client-focused websites—showing both product and customer-facing sensibilities. Vilhelm contributes to open-source tooling, notably improving Encore’s TypeScript API client generation and build reliability, demonstrating attention to type-safety and edge-case request handling. With an MSc in Information Technology from Linköping University, he blends solid academic training with hands-on delivery and a pragmatic approach to shipping resilient systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Teknik, Teknik at IT-GymnasietMaster's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at Linköping University
Swedish, English
Github Skills (11)
apim10
typescript10
typescripts10
api10
api-design10
typescript-types10
golang9
go9
serverless8
cli8
devops7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
encoredev/encore
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Open Source Development Platform for building robust type-safe distributed systems with declarative infrastructure
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 10 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Vilhelm primarily contributed to the backend codebase, specifically focusing on TypeScript client code generation for API interactions within the Encore platform. Their commits modified the generated client to correctly handle request bodies, including `undefined` values for GET requests. Furthermore, they addressed a minor issue with the representation of numeric types in the frontend dashboard. The user also increased the timeout for API client generation, suggesting involvement in build processes.
gcpserverlessdevelopment-platformengineaws
melkstam/personal-website
Mar 2021 - Aug 2024
My personal website showing off what I have done
Contributions:12 PRs, 36 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 5 months
reactnextjs
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