Summary
Tobias Balzano is a backend developer based in Stockholm with nine years of professional experience, including seven years specializing in .NET and a background in video game 3D art and animation. He currently builds and optimizes microservices for BookBeat in a containerized cloud environment, and maintains customer-facing APIs while handling some DevOps tasks. Previously, he led backend development at Cloud Nine AB, co-designing a headless e-commerce system around Litium and mentoring interns. His early career spans diverse roles in 3D art and animation at OVERKILL, Avalanche, and X5 Music Group, giving him a rare cross-disciplinary perspective on performance, tooling, and creative pipelines. Tobias's trajectory demonstrates a knack for shipping reliable systems that blend media-rich experiences with scalable backend architecture. Based in Stockholm, he bridges game, media, and software engineering with a pragmatic approach to architecture and delivery.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Vocational Education, Apputvecklare .net, Vocational Education, Apputvecklare .net at Teknikhögskolan
Animation, Animation at The Garden
Mediagymnasiet Nacka Strand
Futuregames Academy
Swedish, English, c#