Ahti Nurme
Lead Developer at Metrotec
Tallinn Metropolitan Area Estonia
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Top SchoolAhti Nurme is a pragmatic technology leader and hands-on lead developer with over 20 years in software and 11 years in senior roles, currently shaping Metrotec’s API, Vue frontend and Capacitor mobile apps while running Path OÜ for Laravel, Vue and Go product work. He blends startup CTO experience with enterprise-grade delivery—having led teams of 14, architected payment and CRM systems, and built IoT solutions using Golang and NTCIP. Comfortable across the full stack, Ahti moves between backend optimizations (notably contributing WebP improvements to spatie/image-optimizer) and polished frontends in Vue and React. He has a track record of launching products, integrating partners, and instituting testing and CI practices across teams. Based in the Tallinn metro area, he pairs technical depth with people leadership and a freelancer’s appetite for continuous learning. A lesser-known strength is his long-standing mix of formal IT and biosensory psychology studies, informing a pragmatic, user-aware approach to product design.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Vocational Biosensory Psychology, Vocational Biosensory Psychology at St. Petersburg Institute of Biosensory PsychologyMaster of Science (MSc) Business IT, Master of Science (MSc) Business IT at TalTech – Tallinn University of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BSc) Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Information Technology at Tallinn University
English, Estonian, Russian, Finnish
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Github Skills (15)
webp10
php10
optimizer10
optimizers10
image-optimization10
cli9
command-line9
command-line-interface9
testing8
css-frameworks6
twitter-bootstrap6
bootstrap6
semantic-ui6
png5
jpeg5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
spatie/image-optimizer
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
Easily optimize images using PHP
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Ahti primarily worked on optimizing image processing within the `spatie/image-optimizer` repository. They introduced and refined the use of `cwebp` for WebP image optimization, altering the optimizer implementation and configuration. Their changes involved modifying the `OptimizerChainFactory` and `Cwebp` classes, including adjustments to command-line options for optimization. The user also made adjustments to testing, including correcting style issues to ensure code quality and consistency.
imageoptimize-imagesimage-optimizationpngquantgif
ahtinurme/Laravel-Prerender
Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
Laravel middleware for prerendering javascript-rendered pages on the fly for SEO
Contributions:3 commits, 6 pushes in 1 year 10 months
prerenderprerenderingphpjavascripton-the-fly
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