Ricard Fredin

Experienced fullstack developer with focus on frontend, working professionally for over 14 years.

Passionate about details and creating user-friendly applications, with high standards and clean code. A team player who's easy-going and communicates well to share ideas and knowledge.

Experience

Senior Frontend Engineer

Alva Labs · Stockholm, Sweden

June 2022 - Present

Worked with feature development in the Marketplace squad as well as improving DX in the Platform squad. Introduced better tooling like Biome, TypeScript, Tailwind, Storybook, pnpm and more.

Senior Frontend Consultant

Garrison Consulting · Stockholm, Sweden

October 2021 - June 2022 (9 months)

Helped Åhlens develop their new React-based store front. Worked with Frequencz to figure out how their business offer could look like by continually iterating on a React-based web app showcasing their future product.

Lead Frontend Developer

Collegial · Stockholm, Sweden

April 2019 - October 2021 (2 years 7 months)

Led the work of moving from a first-gen product built on NodeBB to a standalone React app utilizing GraphQL and Apollo to consume REST APIs and styled-components for structuring styling.

Lead Frontend Developer

Lägenhetsbyte Sverige AB · Stockholm, Sweden

February 2017 - March 2019 (2 years 2 months)

Improved the technical frontend architecture of the legacy platform as well as giving users a better experience. Moved away from asp.net MVC bundling into Webpack, replaced Angular 1.x with React. Worked on the new cloud architecture with AWS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Vue and more.

Technical Consultant

Valtech Sweden · Stockholm, Sweden

September 2014 - February 2017 (2 years 6 months)

Technical Consultant with a focus on frontend web development. Worked with clients like Expressen, Svensk Fastighetsförmedling, Myndigheten för press, radio och tv and Chanel.

At Expressen, worked in the labs-team following principles of lean software development, delivering MVPs with focus on TTM followed by continued development based on user behaviour, interviews and A/B-testing. Built sites like geo.se, dinapengar.se and omtalat.nu using Node.js, HTML/CSS and vanilla JavaScript. Developed a React Native health-app with the Magazine-section of Expressen.

Web Developer

Daresay Digital Agency · Kista, Stockholm

March 2012 - August 2014 (2 years 6 months)

Full-stack web consultant with focus on frontend development. Worked with clients like Ericsson, DeLaval and Clear Channel.

At Ericsson, worked on a large scale multinode Telecom project. Maintenance and support of a web portal for Ericsson Business Communication Suite built with Java Wicket, HTML/CSS and vanilla JavaScript.

Web Programmer

Progressor AB

March 2011 - September 2011 (7 months)

PHP, MySQL, LAMP, Linux

Translator (Freelance)

Various Clients

2008 - 2013 (5 years)

Translated games (web-based and desktop-based) and websites from English to Swedish. Mostly for the German company Gameforge.

CIO

Skandinavisk Hälsovård AB

2007 - 2008 (1 year)

Responsible for all hardware and software used at the company. Buying needed hardware and setting up computers, printers, network, servers, mobile phones etc. Built and maintained their websites, managed e-mail and VNC.

Mechanic

Swedish Armed Forces · Södertälje, Sweden and Pristina, Kosovo

April 2003 - December 2003 (9 months)

Troubleshooting, repairs and maintenance on vehicles used by the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF). Took part in peacekeeping activities both within the SAF contingent and with other countries as part of the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR).

Education

Qualified Vocational University College Diploma

KYH · Agile Web Developer

August 2010 - December 2012

Systemtekniker, Stridsfordon 90

Arméns Tekniska Skola

2002

Certifications

  • Build Front-End Web Apps from Scratch