Anna-Karin Westerberg
Senior Engineering Leader
About
I am a Senior Engineering Leader with 14 years of experience in shaping technical strategies and scaling engineering organizations. My journey has taken me through influential roles at companies like Spotify and King, where I've built resilient, high-performance platforms. I pride myself on my ability to lead leaders, fostering an environment where teams can thrive and innovate.
Skills
Experience
Consultant Engineering Manager
King
2025 — 2025 · Stockholm
Led the Experimentation Platform team within Player Experience Ops, focusing on platform scalability, automation, and delivery strategy. Established incremental delivery rhythm and structured stakeholder communication. Authored an internal 'EM Cookbook' to enhance team execution and collaboration.
Consultant Engineering Manager
Epidemic Sound
2025 — Present · Stockholm
Responsible for the two Backend teams, focusing on technical strategy, execution, and delivery. Driving strategy to reduce dependency on legacy systems without affecting the roadmap. Provides coaching across the company.
Consultant Engineering Manager
Epidemic Sound
2023 — 2025 · Stockholm
Provided strategic leadership across six cross-functional teams, guiding delivery, prioritization, and organizational scaling. Partnered with senior engineers to reduce toil and improve developer experience. Strengthened engineering leadership through coaching and process design.
Director of Engineering
Fishbrain
2019 — 2019 · Stockholm
Recruited by the CTO to elevate an engineering organization of ~30 engineers. Managed Engineering Managers, defined departmental strategy, and led a reorg that improved Product–Engineering collaboration and increased throughput. Partnered with HR on new career ladders and review frameworks.
Education
Agile and Lean Development of Software-Intensive Products
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
? — 2016
B.Sc. in Engineering
Umeå Universitet
? — 2011