Tim Brandin — Founder & CTO

About

Startup founder and full-stack developer with 15+ years of experience taking products from zero to production. Built and operated a matchmaking SaaS platform over 8 years as the sole technical founder — owning everything from product strategy, architecture, and infrastructure to UX, algorithms, hiring, and customer relationships. Three-time co-founder. M.Sc. in Interaction Design from Chalmers. I don't just write code — I build businesses around technology.

15+

Years experience

Co-founder

Years as CTO

npm packages

Expertise

Founder & Business

Product StrategyBusiness Model DesignSaaS PricingGo-to-MarketNegotiationIP StructuringFundraisingInvestor RelationsPartnershipsTeam BuildingFinancial ModelingGDPR ComplianceBoard Communication

Technical

JavaScript / TypeScriptNode.jsReactReact NativeNext.jsGatsbyGraphQLMeteorDockerKubernetesElasticsearchAWSVercelMongoDBPostgreSQLAI-native (Claude Code)LLM IntegrationSSEInteraction DesignFigma

Experience

2018 – 2026 · 8 years

CTO & Co-founder

Relate (Valuesmatch AB) — Stockholm

Sole technical founder of a matchmaking platform connecting thousands of users through professional matchmakers. Built and maintained >95% of the entire codebase while co-driving product strategy, pricing, partnerships, and business development. Architected the complete platform from scratch: REST API, SSE real-time layer, React admin, React Native app, matching algorithms, Docker microservices. Operated the Selfleaders platform (via Oneki AB) for 7 years in parallel.

Node.jsReactReact NativeGatsbyMongoDBElasticsearchDockerGraphQLSSEAWS

2017 – 2020 · 3 years

Co-founder

PinPortGo / SpaceChop — Gothenburg

Started as PinPort (Airbnb for boat moorings), pivoted to PinPortGo (Instagram for boaters, published on App Store), then repurposed into SpaceChop — an open-source image processing service used in production by IGDB and Relate. Also built SpaceTranslate, a translation management SaaS still in production use by Selfleaders. Co-founded with Herman Bynke (50/50), team of 3 developers.

Node.jsTypeScriptReactReact NativeGraphQLMongoDBDockerAWS S3

2013 – 2018 · 5 years

Full-Stack Developer & Interaction Designer

Findwise AB / Studio Interact — Gothenburg

Worked at Findwise (enterprise search consultancy) while running Studio Interact (own consultancy) in parallel. Built web applications, search solutions, and real-time apps. Organized Meteor meetups in Gothenburg at the Findwise office.

Node.jsReactMeteorDrupalGraphQLElasticsearch

2013

Developer

Happiness — Stockholm

Relocated to Stockholm for a short-deadline project with Viasat. Built the TV guide and live show listings for their multi-language website.

Earlier

Developer — Wunderkraut

2012–2013 · Gothenburg · Drupal, agile team lead

Verification Engineer — Ericsson

2009–2010 · Mölndal · SOS 112 platform (CoordCom)

Freelance — Sypreme

2011–2015 · Gothenburg · Sole proprietorship

Wagon Commander, CV90

2005–2006 · Swedish Armed Forces

Speaking & Conferences

Future of Web Apps

London, 2015

“Discover Meteor. Can it be a Future CMS?”

Future Insights Live

Las Vegas, 2015

“Discover Meteor”

Meteor HQ Meetup

San Francisco

Presented at Meteor headquarters

Meteor Devshop

2014 & 2015

Official community demo events

Worldwide Meteor Day

Gothenburg, 2014

Organized and presented as Meteor-Gothenburg captain

Workshop: Building Slack

slides.com

Live-coded a Slack clone with Meteor

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