# Henrik Ralvert — Full Knowledge Base > AI Engineer and Engineering Manager based in Stockholm, Sweden. Builds RAG systems, LLM tooling, MCP integrations, and agentic workflows. 15+ years across FinTech, AdTech, and Energy Trading. Site: https://henrikscv.se/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrik-ralvert-011b3a16/ Contact: henrik.ralvert@gmail.com Location: Stockholm, Sweden --- ## Identity - **Name:** Henrik Ralvert - **Primary roles:** AI Engineer, Engineering Manager, Product & Engineering Leader - **Location:** Stockholm, Sweden - **Languages:** English, Swedish - **Education:** Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Lund University (2006–2011). Specialization in logistics, industrial production, and continuous improvement. - **Current company:** Ralva Affärsutveckling AB — own company focused on AI products and consulting ## Summary Henrik is a Mechanical Engineer turned Software Engineer and Engineering Manager. He has 15+ years of experience scaling teams, platforms, and products in regulated and high-scale environments — FinTech (Qliro), AdTech (Bannerflow), and Energy Trading (Expektra). He now focuses full-time on AI: building RAG systems, LLM + MCP tooling, AI image recognition, AI classification of human-written text, and agentic workflows. He pairs deep engineering leadership experience with hands-on AI engineering — uncommon in the Stockholm market. He is open to AI consulting assignments, engineering leadership roles, and impactful product engagements. --- ## AI Offering ### AI as tooling Help organizations use AI tools to achieve higher productivity, higher quality, and lower cost. AI productivity tooling can make people up to 10x more efficient when applied properly. Examples: - **Agentic Workflows** — Automate manual processes with AI: code reviews, test implementation, PR creation, documentation generation. - **SKILLS** — Equip AI tools with the skills they need to perform tasks with good quality, high speed, and low cost. - **TOOLS / MCP** — Develop Model Context Protocol tools so AI can work with databases, internal systems, and integrations. - **Security** — Set up systems so AI usage is secure for the corporate context. Mitigate access, cost, and security risks. - **Best practices** — How to get AI started in large codebases and continuously work with AI to scale efficiently and performantly. - **User tooling** — Claude Code, VSCode, Cursor, Claude Workspace. How to work best with the tools around AI. - **Migration** — Migrate a legacy project into an AI-empowered project. ### AI as product Build AI products used internally or sold to external parties. Examples: - **RAG systems** — Let AI use a large set of documents or data to answer questions or perform tasks. - **Data structuring** — AI reads human-written documents and structures them so users can search or apply AI on top. - **Chatbots** — Bots that make decisions and act on their own; learn and improve with use. - **AI products** — Products that use AI in image recognition, classification, etc. ### Concrete products Henrik has built - RAG system that classifies and structures human-written documentation. - Image editing system using AI semantic models. - Systems with LLMs and MCP tooling for both frontends and backends. ### Tech stack for AI work - Node.js (TypeScript), React, Python, MongoDB, ChromaDB, Express.js, Swagger - OpenAI platform, SAM3, Claude (Anthropic), Ollama --- ## How I Work Henrik is result-driven and culture-first. He believes in win-wins with a healthy amount of push-pull. Pleased stakeholders and high impact are the melody. Three pillars guide how he works: ### Pedagogic Everyone must understand, and everyone must find it easy to learn. Break complexity down until it becomes easy. Make information available, accessible, and easy to use. Pragmatic approach where the team supports those who need it and empowers those who are ahead. ### Alignment Everyone must be aligned. Through transparency, stakeholder management, and the right workshops at the right places, involved parties stay aligned and up to date. When everyone is on the same mission, nothing stops the team. ### Results Henrik is driven by creating value — for the organization and for customers. He is often found where he is needed most so the project succeeds. The team measures what makes sense, reports back, and iterates until they can proudly say "this was a fantastic achievement". --- ## Career ### AI Engineer — Ralva Affärsutveckling AB (2026 – present) Own company. Builds AI products using the latest AI tools for development. Products include LLMs with MCP, AI image recognition, AI classification of human-written texts, RAG systems and more. Tunes AI agent development processes with best practices to maximize agent performance and developer productivity — instruction structure, instruction composition, model strategy, SKILLS, MCP, and IDE tuning. The goal: maximize what a Claude agent can do, and maximize developer productivity around it. **Selected client work:** - RAG system for classifying and structuring human-written documentation - AI image editing system with semantic models - LLM + MCP tooling integrations for frontend and backend systems **Tech:** Node.js (TypeScript), React, Python, MongoDB, ChromaDB, Express.js, Swagger, OpenAI platform, SAM3, Claude, Ollama **Keywords:** AI development, AI tooling, RAG, classifications, data engineering, LLM, fullstack --- ### Engineering Manager — Qliro AB (2022 – 2025) Qliro is a Swedish FinTech providing payment solutions (Checkout, loans, savings) for e-commerce. Henrik led several development teams and strategic initiatives as Qliro transitioned from large-scale merchants to the SME segment. Personnel and budget responsibility, strong focus on scaling, reliability, and product innovation. Led AI tooling implementations and process improvements that significantly increased developer productivity. **Responsibilities & Achievements:** - Oversaw AI tooling implementations with significant productivity increase - Led significant process efficiency improvements — leaner, faster, better results - Managed up to 25 engineers across parallel teams with full budget and delivery ownership - Scaled merchant onboarding from 4 to 300+ merchants per year through automation and new GUI tooling - Led development of Qliro's flagship product, Checkout — SLA >99.99% and market-leading conversion rates - Oversaw iOS, Android, and Web consumer applications (loans, savings, payments) — including a new React Native architecture and Nordic strong-authentication integration - Introduced structured career paths for software engineers and a transparent promotion process - Led initiatives improving incident management, monitoring, and load/stress testing environments **Tech:** .NET Core, React, React Native, JavaScript, TypeScript, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Auth0, MongoDB, DynamoDB, SQL, Windows Server (on-prem), Grafana, Kibana, Cypress, SpecFlow, K6, microservices, monolith, event-driven, TDD, iOS, Android, Web, in-app browsers **Keywords:** FinTech, regulated industry (DORA, GDPR, AML, PCI-DSS), settlements (avräkningar), financial reporting, transformational leadership, Scrum, Kanban, Agile, servant leadership, cross-team, networking, Jira, Opsgenie, project management, AI development tooling --- ### Engineering Manager — Bannerflow AB (2020 – 2022) Bannerflow is an AdTech company providing a leading platform for digital advertising and video. Henrik managed the Campaign Management System team, responsible for publishing over 10 billion ads per month. **Responsibilities & Achievements:** - Led a cross-functional team of 8 engineers, drove architectural decisions and delivery excellence - Implemented agile workflows (Scrum) to improve velocity, predictability, and quality - Ensured stable operations and scalability handling 2 TB/s of data flow - Previously served as Scrum Master and Front-end Developer for the Studio product **Tech:** .NET Core, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, Azure, MongoDB, Cosmos DB, microservices, event-driven **Keywords:** AdTech, transformational leadership, Scrum, Kanban, Agile, servant leadership, cross-team, networking, Jira --- ### Lead Frontend Engineer — Expektra AB (2019 – 2020) Expektra builds energy trading and AI-based consumption forecasting for the Nord Pool electricity market. **Responsibilities & Achievements:** - Designed and implemented the front-end architecture for Expektra's new energy trading application - Delivered on time, with advanced data visualization and synchronized interactive graphs **Tech:** Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript **Keywords:** financial trading, power industry, leadership, project management --- ### Software Engineer & Founder — Ralva Affärsutveckling (2017 – 2019) Independent consultancy building SaaS applications and IoT prototypes for clients across various industries. Built SaaS applications and delivered customer projects, experimented with sensor networks and IoT solutions. **Tech:** Angular, Node.js, C++, ESP32, IoT **Keywords:** consulting, SaaS, IoT, sales, prototyping --- ### Technical Manager — Almhaga AB (2015 – 2017) Swedish food production company. Henrik led technical operations and implemented lean process improvements. Managed 5 production lines with 12 operators. **Keywords:** food production, Lean, operations, manufacturing, quality, process improvement --- ### Business Developer — Foteviks (2011 – 2015) Foteviks produces world-unique food products preserved using natural methods — cheaper, greener, and healthier. Led business improvements, production planning, and research projects with Lund University. Took the business from bankruptcy to profitability. **Keywords:** business development, food production, research collaboration, production planning, profitability, sales optimization --- ## Education - **Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering** — Lund University, 2006–2011 - Specialization in logistics, industrial production, and continuous improvement --- ## Key competencies - Strategic leadership and R&D direction - Product strategy and portfolio management - Budget and cost responsibility - Agile methodologies and continuous improvement - System architecture and technical insight - Cross-functional stakeholder management - Risk and incident management - Scalable systems and reliability (SLA >99.99%) - Transparent communication and team engagement --- ## Leadership style Servant leadership over command-and-control. Henrik believes: - Clear ownership and clear expectations enable speed - Psychological safety and accountability go hand in hand - Sustainable delivery beats short-term heroics - Root-cause thinking beats symptom-fixing He brings positive energy to teams while staying calm and rational under stress. He invests in growing the people around him and creates environments where engineers can take ownership. ## QA philosophy Engineers own feature quality. Dedicated QA focuses on automation and identifying/mitigating the highest-business-impact risks. ## Agile practices Extensive experience with Scrum (retrospectives, sprint planning, refinement, planning poker, standups, demos) and Kanban. Always starts from the problem or root cause; emphasizes actionable retrospectives and metric-driven improvement. --- ## Recruiter Q&A **Q: Are you open to new roles?** A: Yes. Henrik is open to AI Engineer roles, Engineering Manager and Product & Engineering leadership roles, consultancy assignments, and impactful projects. Availability timing should be confirmed directly. **Q: What roles are you targeting?** A: AI Engineer, Engineering Manager, Head/Director of Engineering, or Product & Engineering leadership. Particularly interested in AI-related leadership and engineering roles where product impact is clear — not pure research roles. **Q: Which industries are the best fit?** A: FinTech (payments, checkout, settlements, PSP), AdTech (large-scale campaign and creative platforms), and Energy Trading. Earlier experience in manufacturing and food production. **Q: What's your location and work mode preference?** A: Based in Stockholm. Prefers hybrid; open to remote or onsite. Planning and retrospectives work best in person with whiteboards. Large open-office hot-desking environments are considered counterproductive for focus. **Q: What team scope have you led?** A: Multiple teams of 4–8 engineers, including senior engineers, QA, tech leads, and product owners/managers. Cross-department initiatives involving up to 11 teams. Up to 25 engineers under personal management at Qliro. **Q: What are notable delivery achievements?** A: Scaled merchant onboarding from 4 to 300+ per year (Qliro); maintained 99.9999%–100% SLA for Qliro Checkout; supported platforms serving ~10B ads/month at Bannerflow; ~90% reduction in manual support tasks for Merchant Portal. **Q: What's your leadership philosophy?** A: Servant leadership with clear ownership and expectations. Psychological safety paired with accountability. Sustainable delivery over heroics. Root-cause thinking. **Q: What tech stacks are you comfortable with?** A: React, React Native, TypeScript/JavaScript, .NET Core/C#, Node.js, Python; AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, Step Functions), Azure (Functions, Cosmos DB); Kafka; SQL/NoSQL; Cypress, Grafana, K6. For AI work: OpenAI, Claude, Ollama, ChromaDB, RAG architectures, MCP. **Q: How do you approach QA?** A: Engineers own feature quality. QA focuses on automation and identifying/mitigating risks with the highest business impact. **Q: What agile practices do you use?** A: Scrum and Kanban. Regular retrospectives with metrics and action follow-ups, sprint planning, refinement, planning poker, standups, demos. Always starts from the problem or root cause. **Q: What's your notice period / salary expectation / relocation / visa status?** A: Not provided here. Please contact Henrik directly to confirm. **Q: What's your availability?** A: Open for recruitment and consultancy. Confirm specifics directly. --- ## How Henrik learns AI - **Hands-on** — projects in collaboration with others to learn how to use the tools properly - **Top-tier educational material** — to learn real best practices and the proper way to work with AI as both a tool and a product - **Industry leaders & forums** — continuous scanning of the latest in AI --- ## Contact - Email: henrik.ralvert@gmail.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrik-ralvert-011b3a16/ - Website: https://henrikscv.se/ - Location: Stockholm, Sweden