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Meet our team

We're a mix of software engineers, data scientists and entrepreneurs working together to create remarkable technology.

Andre

André Eklund

Software Engineer

André is a motivated software engineer with a great attitude and hunger for new challenges. He has an eye for clean and well though out frontend applications, both from a user and technical perspective. Having studied software development and cognitive sciences, he’s able to leverage his skills to make exceptional software for any user base.

B.Sc. Information Systems, Malmö University

Axel Ahlbeck

Axel Ahlbeck

Software Engineer

Software engineer with long experience in machine learning and embedded systems. With a background working for ARM, Axel is particularly skilled at machine learning, deep learning and functional & non-functional testing of both hardware and software. At Backtick, Axel designs, implements, and tests scalable machine learning models, tools and APIs. He's comfortable around multiple frameworks and libraries in the Python, C, C++, Java & Typescript ecosystems. M.Sc. Computer Science & Eng, LTH

Axel Rahm

Axel Rahm

Data Engineer

Axel specializes in data engineering and has a keen interest in tackling complex issues. He aims to bridge the gap between data engineering and data science with a strong willingness to master new technologies. At Backtick, Axel helps customers design and implement robust data layers, develop new machine learning models and deploy models into production environments.

Birger Kleve

Birger Kleve

Head of Science & COO

Thorough theoretical background in AI and statistics. Multiple years experience in applied data science and building complex statistical models. Particularly passionate about data driven organizations and applying statistics and machine learning to enable and optimize businesses. At Backtick, Birger leads the data science division and ensures theoretical best practices are merged with modern tools and frameworks. M.Sc. Computer Science & Eng, LTH M.Sc Applied AI, Chalmers University.

David Strömbäck

David Strömbäck

Software Engineer

Developer with 15+ years of experience. Lived through the many paradigm shifts of web development. Today an expert with deep knowledge in high velocity data and web technologies, data structures and design patterns. At Backtick, David works in the intersection of big data and the web. Enjoys problems where both humans and technology is at the center. B.Sc. Information Systems, Lund University

Fredrik Olsson

Fredrik Olsson

Data Scientist

Meticulous data scientist and expert in statistical modelling, mathematics and data analysis. Appreciates a good math problem. At Backtick, Fredrik works together with engineering teams to build world class machine learning and deep learning models, data visualization tools and data driven insights. Skilled in Python ecosystem tools including distributed computing frameworks such as Spark and Dask. M.Sc. Industrial Eng. & Mgmt, LTH

Gustav Handmark

Gustav Handmark

Software Engineer

Experienced everything engineer who eventually fell in love with development. Appreciates a well engineered system that strives for low maintenance and zero downtime. Enjoys finding memory leaks and bugs. At Backtick, Gustav engineers complex systems and infrastructure across the entire stack, including pipelines, MLOps, end-to-end ML model training and API development. Thorough skills in infrastructure, deployments, scalability, automation and systems architecture. M.Sc. Industrial Eng. & Mgmt, LTH Master of Laws, Lund University

Jakob Folkesson

Jakob Folkesson

Software Engineer

Jakob is a software engineer with a solid background in IT security and big data, gained from his experience at Apple. With a strong foundation in mathematics, he is passionate about solving complex challenges and leading engineering teams. Bona fide movie quote.

At Backtick, Jakob mainly focuses on developing and evaluating machine learning models, particularly in flow prediction and anomaly detection. His work is defined by his commitment to innovation and attention to the latest technological developments.

M.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering, LTH

Johan Henriksson

Johan Henriksson

CTO

Experience writing code for 15+ years. Builds complex fully featured end-to-end systems that scales. Creator of open source projects Cowait, a framework for running distributed Python on Kubernetes, and Goworld, a Vulkan-based 3D engine written in Go. At Backtick, Johan typically builds infrastructure, big data & machine learning pipelines, APIs, integrations and the occasional machine learning model. Proficient in multiple programming languages including Go, Python, TypeScript, C, C# & PHP. M.Sc. Computer Science & Eng, LTH

Martin Jakobsson

Martin Jakobsson

Software Engineer

Martin is a software engineer who loves clean, testable and maintainable code. Creator of open source project Hexacraft, a Minecraft inspired game with hexagonal blocks on a cylindrical world in Scala. At Backtick, Martin designs, build and deploys scalable systems. Experienced in multiple programming languages including Java, Scala, Typescript, Python, Go, Swift and C++. Thorough mathematical and algorithmic knowledge. Participates in programming competitions - achievements include finals in a Swedish national competition. M.Sc. Computer Science & Eng, LTH

Michal Stypa

Michal Stypa

Founder & CEO

Devoted and awarded leader and software engineer with a background in big data and software engineering from Apple. Started a few companies before Backtick, including Pickador and LundTec. Experience in designing, leadning and implementing robust, scalable systems in multiple technologies. At Backtick, Michal's tasks have become more and more managerial. He makes sure engineering teams thrive, clients get valuable solutions to hard problems, and that the overall direction of the company goes well. M.Sc. Information Technology, LTH

Oskar Handmark

Oskar Handmark

Founder & Venture lead

Innovative & awarded entrepreneur and software engineer with experience from Apple and multiple startups. Previously worked with big data and software architectures but nowadays spends most of his with working with innovation and product development. Appreciates a good investment opportunity. Aside from multitasking various things internally, Oskar leads the overall work of Backtick's first product company - a fully managed big data platform. Passionate about venture studios. Advises startups and tech companies around funding, innovation and software engineering. M.Sc. Computer Science & Eng, LTH

Szymon

Szymon Stypa

Software Engineer

Experienced and creative full stack engineer, primarily in the JavaScript and web ecosystem. Picked up a wide range of technology skills due to programming passion from a very early age, specifically in web technologies, game development, audio synthesis and embedded systems. At Backtick, Szymon builds APIs, integrations, backends and frontend applications that scale. Skilled in multiple programming languages including TypeScript, Python, C, Java and Go. M.Sc. Information Technology, LTH

Zuzanna

Zuzanna Sadowska

Software Engineer

Experienced software engineer and scrum master with a passion for Life Sciences. Zuzanna has previously worked as a software engineer at Apple and a med-tech company, touching big data and AI applications. At Backtick, Zuzanna focuses on big data engineering challenges, specifically streaming, storage and distributed computing environments. Skilled in data engineering, databases, cloud computing and infrastructure with Scala, Java and Python as her primary toolkit. M.Sc. Engineering Nanoscience, LTH B.Sc. Biology, Lund University

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