Curriculum vitae
Björn Lindheim
Software development, architecture & technical leadership
I build lasting digital systems and help teams make sound technical decisions. My focus is backend, but I enjoy working across the product — from architecture and delivery to collaboration and mentoring.
Selected work
- 2023–2025
Blocket · Vend
Lead software engineer / team tech lead
Led technical decisions across the vehicle listing lifecycle and built reliable services for pricing and payments. Drove AI experiments to improve listing content and worked on measuring and reducing the technology's environmental impact.
- 2020–2022
Blocket · Vend
Backend engineer · consultant
Built vehicle reservation, payment and transaction services across legacy platforms and modern microservices. Also worked on Bytbil and vehicle-data integrations.
- 2018–2019
SVT Play
Full-stack developer · consultant
Developed Sweden's public broadcaster's streaming service with a focus on stability, performance and security during major live events. Contributed to the REST-to-GraphQL transition and improved caching and incident response.
- 2017–2018
Ericsson · via ÅF
Full-stack developer · consultant
Built an internal tool from the ground up using React, data visualisation and a Java backend. Worked closely with users to turn feedback into product improvements.
- 2016–2017
Leeroy
Backend engineer · consultant
Led a payment-system migration and developed mobile payment services, including for Espresso House and UL. Also handled production incidents and reduced recurring support needs.
- 2016
Fyndiq · Fyndswipen
Backend tech lead · consultant
Led a backend and production-environment rebuild ahead of an international launch. Owned architecture, implementation and load testing.
- 2015–2016
Schibsted · Tripwell
Backend engineer and test architect · consultant
Improved testing strategy and automation for an accommodation marketplace. Also developed search features and processing for user metrics.
- 2012–2015
Modelon
R&D developer
Built industrial simulation and optimisation tools, from large-scale log visualisation to compiler and modelling work. Took technical ownership of key parts of the systems.