Engineering leader for software that meets the real world.

Most recently Head of Engineering at Aris Machina, building AI for manufacturing. Sixteen years across payments, music, mobility, health, energy and AI. Now open to Head of Engineering and CTO roles in Stockholm.

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About

I’m Uwe Dauernheim, a software engineer, engineering leader, and lifelong builder based in Stockholm.

Over the years, I’ve moved from backend engineering and software architecture into leading technical teams and organizations at companies including Voi, Grace Health, Northvolt, and Aris Machina. My work has taken me through urban mobility, women’s health, sustainable energy, advanced manufacturing, data, and AI.

What connects those experiences is a desire to make difficult things useful: turning technical complexity into dependable products, helping talented people do their best work, and building organizations that can grow without losing clarity or humanity.

What I’m exploring now

I’m taking time to train, travel, research emerging developments in AI, and think carefully about the next chapter of my career.

I’m particularly interested in engineering leadership where software and AI meet consequential, real world problems: AI native products, physical systems, advanced industry, health, sustainability, or sport.

How I work

Close to the technology

I stay close enough to the technology to understand the real challenges, while giving people the context and autonomy they need to solve them well.

Good questions over every answer

My role is to ask good questions, create clarity, share knowledge, and help teams make thoughtful decisions, even when the path ahead is uncertain.

One team around one problem

The best products emerge when engineering, product, design, and business work together around a problem that genuinely matters.

Curious by nature. Driven by people. Grounded in purpose.

Beyond the job title

I’m naturally curious and tend to follow questions further than most, whether they concern artificial intelligence, science, business, leadership, or how technology can interact more meaningfully with the physical world.

Outside work, I’m a father, partner, endurance athlete, and enthusiastic traveller. Training has taught me many of the same lessons I value professionally: consistency matters more than intensity, progress compounds quietly, and ambitious goals become possible when approached with patience.

A sailboat’s sail lit by the sunset over the water — golden hour

Two rows of race finisher medals, including Ironman Tallinn and Kalmar — all finished

A Norwegian airplane wing above clouds and blue sea — next stop?

A homemade Grand Theft Birthday cake with candles — dad duty

Apps

Small tools for Mac, iPhone and the web that I build in my spare time. Most are free and run entirely on your device: Murmur, Lifelog and Narrate never upload what you open.

Have we cured cancer yet? No.

My side project: a running, sourced log of what we point AI at instead of cancer. Not anti AI. Pro aim.

Read the log

The havewecuredcanceryet.org front page, which answers No

Questions people ask

What kind of role are you looking for?

Engineering leadership where software and AI meet consequential, real world problems: AI native products, physical systems, advanced industry, health, sustainability, or sport. Typically Head of Engineering, CTO, or senior engineering management.

Are you available?

Yes. My last role, Head of Engineering at Aris Machina, ended in 2026. I’m using the time to train, travel and research AI while I choose the next chapter, and I’m open to conversations now.

Where do you want to work?

Stockholm. On site, hybrid, or remote all work for me.

How do you work with founders and leadership teams?

I translate between business, product, people and technology. I share roadmaps, priorities and trade-offs together with the reasons behind them, and I keep engineering, product, design and business working on the same problem.

What is your technical background?

Backend engineering and software architecture. Distributed payment systems in Erlang at Klarna, search and charts at Spotify, payment platforms at Betalo and P.F.C., then data and AI platforms at Northvolt and Aris Machina.

Can we just talk?

Yes. Pick a free 20 minute slot in my calendar, no email back and forth needed.

Have a difficult and worthwhile problem?
Let’s talk about it.

Open to engineering leadership roles in Stockholm, hybrid or remote.