Aki Kaivola
Principal Engineer at SOK
Helsinki, Mainland Finland
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Top SchoolAki Kaivola is a Principal Engineer based in Helsinki with 14 years of hands-on experience building full-stack systems and shaping software architecture across consulting and product environments. He specializes in Clojure/Script, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS and IoT, combining pragmatic engineering with a mentorship-focused leadership style. Known for bringing the human element to development, he balances technical depth with strong team engagement and coaching. His background spans long tenures at Reaktor Innovations and current strategic engineering at SOK, reflecting both delivery discipline and innovation. Outside work he channels endurance sports—ultra running and mountain biking—into sustained focus and resilience that inform how he approaches complex systems and long-term projects.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B. Sc., Business Information Technology, B. Sc., Business Information Technology at Helsinki University of Business and Applied Sciences
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Github Skills (65)
openconnect8
vim7
emacs7
tor7
spacemacs6
tidy6
openvpn6
openssh6
stunnel6
ansible5
emacs-lsp5
melpa5
async5
vpn5
ssh5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
akaivola/oh-my-zsh
Mar 2012 - Jun 2022
Contributions:48 commits, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 10 years 5 months
akaivola/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Feb 2022
Contributions:12 pushes in 7 years 1 month
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