Senior software engineering · Stockholm / Remote across Europe

Software that works.
The right way.

We step into complex systems that need to ship, modernize or regain control—connecting architecture, code and delivery. Senior judgment included. Unnecessary drama is not.

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A system moving from complexity to reliable deliveryINPUTSDECISIONSDELIVERYEVENTSOPERATIONS

How we think

Clarity before ceremony.

Good systems are understandable. Good teams can change them safely. We work across code, architecture and delivery because those boundaries rarely survive contact with a real problem.

Microservices are great. Until you accidentally build 47 of them.

What we do

Four ways into the hard part.

Bring us in when a system needs to be built, changed, technically led or made less manual.

01

Software Engineering

Hands-on engineering for products and platforms that need to work beyond the demo.

  • Working production software
  • Safer change and release paths
  • Clearer technical boundaries
02

Architecture & Modernization

Change a critical system without losing control of the one already running.

  • A system that is safer to change
  • A modernization path tied to real pressure
  • Decisions teams can explain and execute
03

Technical Leadership

Hands-on technical direction that keeps teams, architecture and delivery connected.

  • Clearer technical decisions
  • A team better equipped to deliver
  • Architecture connected to delivery
04

Complex Systems & Automation

Make rules, workflows and integrations explicit enough to automate safely.

  • Less manual coordination
  • Visible process state and exceptions
  • Automation with explicit decision boundaries
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AI engineering

AI belongs in the engineering workflow.

We use AI tools in day-to-day engineering: exploring codebases, analyzing options, implementing bounded changes, generating tests, reviewing code and keeping documentation connected to delivery.

That can shorten feedback loops and leave more time for the decisions that need experience. Judgment, verification and accountability stay with us. A confident answer from a model is still just an answer until the evidence checks out.

How we set the boundaries

Proven in production

Experience where consequences are real.

Financial services

AML/KYC from requirements to working product

As senior developer, helped build a regulated AML/KYC product from early requirements through implementation, supporting EU regulatory compliance.

Mortgage platform

Production launch, without the security debt

As senior developer, reworked critical application paths and fixed security vulnerabilities before the mortgage platform launched in production.

Automotive

Technical direction tied to delivery

As coding Scrum Master with architecture and tech lead responsibility, kept technical decisions, delivery schedules and quality expectations connected.

Featured Insights

Read the thinking.

Practical notes on architecture, delivery and the decisions hiding behind neat diagrams.

Delivery

Delivery is a system

Reliable releases come from feedback, constraints and boring repeatability.

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Founder-led

Small by design. Direct senior involvement.

Bearded Software is led by Markus Holm, a software engineer, technical lead and architect with nearly two decades of professional experience across finance, telecom, automotive and public systems.

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