Jakob Eklund

Jakob Eklund began their work experience as a Developer at Plus Four Six in 2007. Jakob then worked as a Consultant/Java Developer at Elan IT Resource AS from 2007 to 2009. In 2009, they became a Web/Java Developer at Polopoly. From 2010 to 2012, they worked as a Flash Developer at Screen9. In 2012, they joined Myndigheten för tillgängliga medier as a Scrum Master/IT Solutions Manager/Senior Developer/Team Lead, where they worked until 2018. Jakob then worked as a Developer/Teamlead at Kundo from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, they enrolled as a student at The Game Assembly and completed their studies in 2022. Jakob then gained experience as a Software Developer Intern at Hiber from August 2021 to April 2022 and as a Gameplay Engineer from March 2022 to June 2022. Currently, Jakob Eklund is working as an Experienced Game Programmer at Paradox Interactive, starting in August 2022.

Jakob Eklund completed their Teknologie kandidatexamen (tekn.kand.) in Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology from 2001 to 2005. In 2019, they attended The Game Assembly for studies in Spelprogrammering (Game Programming), which is still in progress until 2022. Jakob also had a brief enrollment at Stockholm University in 2017 where they studied Japanska (Japanese) for a year. Furthermore, in 2019 to 2020, Jakob pursued a course in Matematik (Mathematics) at Stockholm University. Additionally, Jakob obtained a Scrum master certification from Scrum Alliance in September 2014. In 2004, they had a short-term enrollment at Stockholm University for studies in Datorspel och programmering (Computer Games and Programming).