Claes-Philip Staiger

Lead Architect & AI Developer Architecture, AI, system & app development
claes-philip@staiger.se
+46 766 555 005
linkedin.com/in/claesphilipstaiger
claes-philip.staiger.se
Visby / Stockholm
Available now 1–3 days / week Visby / Stockholm or remote EN · SV Swedish ltd. · invoice-ready EU-hosted, data stays yours

I help organisations ship useful technology. That means architectures that actually get built, AI features that survive Monday morning, and the strategy and workflow that connect business, teams and code.

Twenty years across solution, enterprise and integration architecture, with hands-on system and app development and modern AI (LLMs, RAG and agents). I'm known for turning complex problems into simple, durable solutions, and for explaining and visualising them so business, technology and operations stay on the same page. Comfortable across roles and audiences, from the boardroom to the codebase, often on the same day.

Three things I bring to the table

01 · ARCHITECTURE & SYSTEMS

Target architectures that actually ship

Two decades as solution, enterprise and integration architect. Stakeholder discovery, target architectures, ADRs and integration plans your team can actually build from.

02 · AI & DEVELOPMENT

Hands-on builder

LLMs, RAG and agents. C#/.NET, TypeScript, Python, React and Next.js. AI-assisted development with Claude Code, Cursor and MCP. I write the code, then explain the trade-offs in plain language.

03 · STRATEGY & COMMS

From vision to operating model

Tech and AI strategy, development workflows, and the visualisation and facilitation that align executives, product and engineering around one shared picture.

How to hire me

Package 01

Architecture Sprint

2–3 weeks · fixed scope

A target architecture your team can build from, grounded in your stakeholders and existing landscape.

  • Stakeholder discovery and landscape mapping
  • Target architecture and ADRs
  • Integration and API plan
  • Risk and sequencing
Outcome: a blueprint your team builds from.
Package 02

AI Product Pilot

4–6 weeks · working pilot

A real AI feature in production: scoped, built, integrated and handed over to your team.

  • Use-case scoping and evaluation
  • RAG or agent build
  • API and UI integration
  • Handover and enablement
Outcome: a working AI feature in production.
Package 03

Lead Architect · Fractional

Monthly retainer · 1–3 days / week

I sit inside your team. Shape the architecture and AI strategy, build the early versions, coach your tech leads.

  • Architecture and AI strategy
  • Hands-on review and prototypes
  • Vendor and platform selection
  • Coaching tech leads
Outcome: shipping capability.

Selected clients

SwedaviaVolvoIKEASecuritas Médecins Sans FrontièresCapgeminiCGI Sony MobileDSBUDDACity of Malmö HiQUNESCOLummelunda Technology

Experience

2026 — now
Lead Architect · Swedavia. Total Airport Management. Real-time situational picture across airside, landside, terminal and security, with integration over AODB, A-CDM and stakeholder systems.
2025 — 2026
Architect & AI Developer · UDDA. Hands-on AI for a generative-AI startup. LLMs, RAG, agents (function calling, MCP), prompt engineering and evaluation. AI-assisted development with Claude Code and Cursor.
2024 — 2025
Integration Specialist & Solution Architect · City of Malmö. Student information system with GDPR-by-design across integrations and data flows.
2022 — 2024
Solution Architect & Team Lead · Volvo Connected Services. Easy Connect WiFi for Volvo Penta on Azure IoT Hub, Logic Apps and Service Bus, handling millions of telemetry events per day. Final rating: Excellent.
2019 — 2022
Founder & CTO · Lummelunda Technology. Cleantech IoT. End-to-end edge-to-cloud, multi-tenant platform.
2017 — 2018
Integration Specialist & Area Manager · HiQ. Reduced integration complexity by 75% across customer estates.
2014 — 2017
EA Architect & IT Strategy Advisor · Médecins Sans Frontières. Global health information across five operational centres. Co-author, Lancet Global Health.
2012 — 2014
Integration Architect · Securitas. Pan-European B2B integrations across twelve national markets.
2010 — 2011
Lead Architect · CGI. European energy market with 65 developers offshore and onshore, on Nord Pool.
2009 — 2010
Infrastructure Architect · IKEA. Global retail web.
2006 — 2010
Senior Technical Consultant · Capgemini. Sony Mobile and DSB. Source and configuration management.
2003 — 2004
Infrastructure Developer & Trainer · UNESCO. Built and trained operators for eight stations across Sri Lanka and India.

Tech stack

Architecture
TOGAF, ArchiMate, C4, DDD, Event Sourcing, CQRS
AI / LLM
Claude (Anthropic), OpenAI, open-source LLMs, agent frameworks, function calling
RAG
RAG pipelines, embeddings, pgvector, Pinecone, MCP
Dev
C#/.NET, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, React, Next.js, full-stack and APIs
Cloud
Azure (Expert). IoT Hub, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, Functions, Data Factory
Data
SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, InfluxDB, Redis
Workflow
GitHub Actions, n8n, Zapier, Logic Apps, Azure DevOps
Tools
Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Enterprise Architect, Miro, Figma
Modelling
Visualisation and facilitation that turn complex landscapes into a shared picture stakeholders can act on.

Education & languages

MSc Interaction Technology, Malmö University (2001–2003). HCI, user-centered design, information design.
Database Development, Lund University (2002).
Computer Science, Mälardalen University (1999–2001).
Web Programming, Malmö University (2002).
Languages: Swedish (native), English (full professional).
Publication: Co-author, Lancet Global Health, on medical data management in humanitarian settings (MSF).

Start the conversation

A 30-minute intro call. Bring the problem. I'll bring a first take on architecture, AI approach or where to start.

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Claes-Philip Staiger · Visby / Stockholm, Sweden · Updated May 2026