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Tobias Thunström

Senior fullstack & Principal engineer

Senior Fullstack & CTO/Principal engineer

Kumpan Sweden AB

2009.3 – Pågående

Tobias joined Kumpan 2009 and has since then worked alongside the co-founders building the foundation of Kumpan.

When Tobias is not consulting himself his responsibilities foremost lays as CTO. That includes;

Responsibility for all of Kumpans technical services
Developing technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals
Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage, and also making sure they are cost effective
Helping departments use technology profitably
Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency

During this time Tobias has also been assisting in managing and coaching the younger developers. Another important part of his daily routine consists of the recruitment of new colleagues which includes interviewing, screening and administrating/correct technical tests.

In his role as a developer Tobias has worked with clients such as Schibsted, Blocket, Lendo, Bynk, WeBeHome and ATG.

Tech: Javascript / TypeScript, React, PHP, Laravel, Redux, Redux Saga, Jest, Scrum, Flow, Gocd, Aws, Cloudformation, Lambda, Nodejs, Graphql, Contentful, Jira, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Slack

Fullstack developer • Placera.se • 2024.11 - 2025.05 6 months

Backend:
Docker, Docker Compose, Node, Caddy (as a reverse proxy), Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Ubuntu, Trello, PGBouncer, PGPool2. Github Actions
Migration of 4+ million articles from XML to PostgreSQL. Wrote parsers to parse the data and transform it to the expected output for PayloadCMS. DevOps setup of the entire infrastructure with multiple docker containers. Optimizing PostgresQL
Hosted on our own infrastructure using VPS servers from UpCloud. A managed PostgreSQL server, managed loadbalancer.

Frontend/SSR
Multitenant NextJS application, PayloadCMS, Postgresql

Fullstack developer • Akind Group / Academic Work 2024.07 - 2025.01 • 6 months

Multitenant, localized Nextjs applicationDocker(ized) nextjs containerAdvanced cache handling using nextjs cache in server components,
synced across container using external key/value storageFully customer controlled content using Payload CMS
MongoDB databaseFrontend implemented using Shadcn and Tailwind 4Node: react 19, nextjs 15, payload 3, tailwind 4, shadcn
Nextjs: server components, server side renderingIntegrations: hubspot, mailchimpBuilt website from scratch with integrated CMS, focusing on allowing each of the clients' markets to write their own localized content, while minimizing risk of deviating from brand guidelines.Among other improvements, this has increased impressions on key SEO pages by 2000%.

Senior Laravel Developer • Caree • 01.2018 - Ongoing (~6 years)

Caree is a health care system that takes care of bookings and everything related to dealing with clients for a health care provider.

Tech used:

PHP, Laravel, Vue, MySQL

Fullstack developer • Cars and Classics 3.2022 - 03.2024 • 2 years

Developed custom landing pages for specific car brands, with big focus on SEO and performance. Developed a SEO Redirect tool in Laravel Nova that allowed the SEO team to manage several thousands of redirects. Wrote a csv parser to handle all of the redirects and import them to MySQL

Tech used: PHP 8+, Laravel 10, 11, 12, Vue.js and Inertia, Tailwind CSS
JavaScript/Node/TypeScript, Eloquent/ORM with MySQL
Laravel Nova

Fullstack developer • DeGaming • 6 months 2023-09-18 - 2024-08-13

Frontend/SSR:
  Nextjs Applications hosted on Vercel
  Multitenant Nextjs application(s) hosted on VercelFrontend Technology:
  Components from MUI
  Themed styling using vanilla-extract

Backend:
  Node backend hosted on AWS
  Using SST for infrastructure as codeDatabases:
  DynamoDB database hosted on AWSWeb3/blockchain technology:
  Node/Nextjs integrations using wagmi, viem, ethers, siwe
  Smart contract development and deployment using FoundryAWS: S3, cognito, dynamodb, lambda, ecs
Node: React, Nextjs, Shadcn, MUI, emotion css, vanilla-extract, sst, mongoose

Technical coordinator / Fullstack developer • ATG • 2022.06 - 2023.06 1 year

ATG needed help with their new sports betting solution Big 9. Tobias came in and assisted with setting the technical requirements and architecture of the product.

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Scrum Master / Fullstack developer • Baemingo • 2022.01 - 2022.06 6 months

Beamingo develops a Point of Sales solution for restaurans and shops. Tobias came in to assist their CTO in building and scaling the team at Baemingo, by setting up structures and ways of working for the team. He also assisted in the development of the platform and a new Express Checkout solution.

Scrum Master / Technical Project Lead • ATG • 2020.01 - 2022.01 2 years

ATG is the betting company that knows horse racing. The company was founded in 1974 with the mission to safeguard the long-term development of trotting and thoroughbred racing by offering responsible betting. After the launch of sports & casino Tobias transitioned to a Scrum Master role for the Sport & Casino frontend and backed teams.