I build software for
financial services.

I’m a full-stack developer with six years’ experience building and modernizing business-critical systems. More recently, I’ve led applied AI work with business teams, taking ideas from early exploration to tested prototypes.

Explore my experience

Stockholm, SwedenFinancial services · Cloud · Applied AIConsultant at Rocket

01 / Projects & assignments

From pension platforms to risk reporting.

2023 — 2026

SPP

System Developer / AI Engineer

Pensions · Insurance

Built and modernized pension and insurance systems using C#, .NET, React and Azure. The work included REST APIs, partner integrations, internal applications and the migration of more than 50 applications from on-premise infrastructure to Azure.

As part of an innovation team, worked with business stakeholders to develop and test prototypes. Projects included RAG-based knowledge assistants, meeting transcription and summarization, AI-assisted data ingestion, and LLM-powered applications using Python, Azure AI and vector search.

2020 — 2023

Handelsbanken

System Developer

Banking · Risk reporting

Developed and modernized internal systems for regulatory risk and resolution reporting using .NET, Angular and SQL. Worked across legacy and newer applications, including data-heavy reporting workflows, database migrations and CI/CD. Had technical responsibility for one of the bank's reporting systems.

Worked with business users on reporting systems that required correctness, traceability and reliability.

02 / Key expertise

Tools and areas of expertise.

Core Development

C# · .NET · ASP.NET Core · Python · TypeScript

Backend & Integration

REST APIs · Azure Service Bus · SOAP · Web Services · .NET Framework

Frontend

React · Angular · Tailwind CSS · Redux · Zustand · Razor Pages · ASP.NET MVC

Cloud & DevOps

Azure Container Apps · App Service · Azure Functions · Blob Storage · Azure VMs · GitHub Actions · Azure DevOps · Octopus Deploy · CI/CD · Docker · NGINX · Bicep · Terraform

Data

SQL · Entity Framework · Entity Framework Core · Neo4j · Qdrant

Security

Entra ID · OAuth 2.0 · OpenID Connect · JWT · Key Vault · Active Directory

Applied AI

RAG · Azure AI · Azure OpenAI SDK · Azure AI Search · WhisperX · Vertex AI · MCP

Testing & Observability

TDD · NUnit · xUnit · Application Insights · OpenTelemetry · Datadog

Technical Ownership

Requirements analysis · technical solution design · prototyping · stakeholder collaboration · technical leadership · AI governance

03 / Get in touch

Have a good
challenge in mind?

I’m available for consulting assignments through Rocket.

Niklas.palm@rocket.se www.rocket.se