Johanna Larsson

Staff Software Engineer at Duffelhq

Johanna Larsson has a diverse work experience in software engineering roles.

Johanna started their career as a Teaching Assistant at Lund University, where they coordinated mentors and assistants for courses, helped students with assignments and exams, and performed administrative tasks.

Johanna then joined Bool Nordic AB as a Front End Developer, focusing on SharePoint development and gaining experience in technologies like AngularJS, custom Wordpress code, and .NET Web API 2 backends.

After that, they worked at APSIS International AB as a Frontend Developer and later became a Technical Lead. In these roles, they were responsible for frontend development, including best practices, architectural decisions, and implementing use of state managers. Johanna led the effort to convert all frontend apps to Angular 2 and TypeScript and move towards a more reactive architecture.

Next, they joined Min Doktor as a Software Engineer, working on React Native-based mobile apps and the Go backend. Johanna specialized in the intersection of React Native and iOS/Android, build environments, and CI. Johanna also built an internal A/B testing service.

Johanna then worked at Castle as a Software Engineer, exploring and building complex distributed computing solutions. Johanna architected and built a large codeless edge-based system using Cloudflare Workers. Johanna also led a project to evaluate Elixir as an alternative programming language.

Johanna'smost recent role is as a Staff Software Engineer at Duffel. Johanna specializes in maintaining, improving, and operating the search part of the product. Johanna has focused on building the observability suite and ensuring smooth system performance under high load. Johanna has also worked on larger projects, such as creating a new search flow based on queues and distributing work across workers.

Johanna Larsson attended Lund University from 2009 to 2013, where they pursued a degree in Information Systems Design. No further details regarding their specific field of study were given.

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Timeline

  • Staff Software Engineer

    March, 2020 - present