Portrait of Benjamin Sjöstrand

Benjamin
Sjöstrand

Full-Stack & AI Developer

Final-year Computer Science student at Uppsala University who builds and ships software people use, with nine years of leadership at IKEA.

  • Uppsala University
  • IKEA Team Leader
  • Open to internships from summer 2027
  • 7thplace worldwide in IKEA's global logistics ranking
  • 80+employees managed directly at IKEA
  • 5,000+coworkers trained worldwide at IKEA
  • 10–20active Mazeshopper users

About Me

As a manager at IKEA, I took my logistics unit to 7th place in IKEA's global ranking, climbing hundreds of places, and I helped roll out a new global transport system to more than 5,000 coworkers.

On the technical side, I work across the stack in Java, TypeScript and PostgreSQL, and I use AI-assisted development daily. This year I'm taking courses in AI, cloud computing and security.

Outside tech, I teach swing dance and chair Roundnet Sweden, which I co-founded.

Projects & Websites

Photographer portfolio site with the headline "Stills that move." over a full-screen video

Portfolio site for a commercial photographer

2026

My role: Design and development, client project

Media-first, responsive portfolio site for a photographer whose clients include BMW and Valentino. Handled design, development, domain, DNS and hosting.

  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Framer Motion
  • Cloudflare
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Mazeshopper front page with feature overview and login form

Mazeshopper

2026

My role: Solo developer

Shared grocery-planning app that makes the weekly shop faster and lets households plan it together. Used by 10–20 active users.

  • SvelteKit
  • MongoDB Atlas
  • Vercel
  • Claude Code
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KindGuard login page with the tagline "Create together, without limits" and a sign-in form

KindGuard

2026

My role: Backend / database integration, team of 6

Preschool management system built as a university team project, now being explored as a commercial product. I owned the database integration: PostgreSQL schema, JPA/Hibernate entities and Flyway migrations. Features real-time collaborative editing over WebSockets.

  • Spring Boot
  • Angular
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • WebSockets
Smart Learner landing page: learn anything, one email at a time

Smart Learner

2026

My role: Solo developer

AI-driven newsletter that turns any topic into a learning course, delivered by email at an interval the user chooses. The idea came from a F1RST Tech visit to Lovable.

  • Generative AI
  • Lovable
  • Resend API
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EduTrack homepage with the headline and a chart of weekly study hours

EduTrack

2025

My role: Full-stack

Live education-tracking platform. I wrote most of the application logic and built the entire frontend. It started as a school project, which I have since rebuilt from the ground up on a new SQL database with Astro as the framework.

  • TypeScript
  • Astro
  • SQL
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Experience

  1. Teaching Assistant, IOOPM

    Aug 2026 to present

    Uppsala University

    Review and grade lab submissions in C and Java, with feedback on code quality, memory management and object-oriented design.

  2. Goods Flow Out Team Leader

    2017 to present

    IKEA Uppsala

    Direct manager to over 80 employees. Took the unit to 7th place in IKEA's global logistics ranking. Helped roll out a global transport system to 5,000+ coworkers. ILEAD certified.

  3. Web Development

    2026 to present

    Self-employed

    Websites for small businesses, most recently alcreatives.com.

  4. Co-founder and Chairman

    2019 to present

    Roundnet Sweden and Uppsala Roundnet Club

    Board governance, strategy, budgeting and tournament organization.

  5. F1RST Tech Programme

    2026

    Stockholm School of Economics and Daniel Sachs Foundation

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science

Uppsala University · 2024 to Jun 2027 (expected)

Upcoming: AI, Computer Security, Cloud Computing, Low-Level Parallel Programming

Skills

  • Java
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • C
  • SQL
  • Spring Boot
  • Angular
  • Next.js
  • SvelteKit
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • Git

Contact Me

Interested in collaborating or want to know more about me? Reach out!