Fredrik Håkansson
Senior Software Engineer at Spotify
Stockholm County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolFredrik Håkansson is a Senior Software Engineer based in Stockholm with 11 years of hands-on experience building consumer-facing systems at Spotify, where he now drives the Mobile Ubiquity initiative across products like CarPlay, Android Auto, Apple Watch and Spotify Car Thing. He helped create Spotify’s first hardware device and holds a patent for a machine-learning driven caching system developed during his master’s thesis, demonstrating strong applied AI and systems thinking. Comfortable across mobile, embedded and backend domains, Fredrik combines product-focused engineering with a knack for tactile and voice-driven interfaces at scale. As a previous co-founder and longtime student ambassador, he brings entrepreneurial instincts and talent-scouting experience to cross-functional teams. Known for thriving in fast-paced, inventive environments, he pairs academic training in large-scale software development with pragmatic delivery for millions of users.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information technology at Linköpings universitetGymnasial, Teknik, Gymnasial, Teknik at JB gymnasiet
German, Swedish, English
Github Skills (8)
spotify-api6
custom-component3
spotify3
chromecast2
home-assistant2
braintree2
slick1
console1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AdVey-io/GottaAsk-Unity
Nov 2024 - Sep 2025
Contributions:9 releases, 33 PRs, 19 pushes in 10 months
heekzz/PowerHour
Jun 2017 - Oct 2018
PowerHour drinkning game using the Spotify API
Contributions:23 commits, 8 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year 5 months
spotify-api
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