Aki Pehkonen
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolAki Pehkonen is a senior software engineer and experienced lead architect based in the Helsinki area, with over a decade of hands-on experience designing cloud-native platforms and leading distributed engineering teams. He has driven platform and architecture strategy for global deployments at CDK Global and led cloud migration and advisory work as Partner and Head of Cloud at Nortal. Aki blends technical leadership with execution, having been responsible for AWS-based application platforms delivered across Europe, Japan, and China and managing multi-site R&D teams. Recently he joined Netflix and Next Games as a senior engineer, signaling a shift back into product-focused engineering at scale. Known for moving between high-level architecture and day-to-day coding, he brings rare practical depth in both cloud strategy and implementation. His long tenure across enterprise and product companies suggests a knack for translating complex business requirements into resilient, global systems.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc Department of Information Processing Science, M.Sc Department of Information Processing Science at University of OuluKastellin yläaste
Github Skills (31)
sam10
lambda10
azure-storage9
python9
docker9
aws9
api-gateway9
aws-sam9
serverless-applications9
serverless9
cli8
ftp-client8
aws-s38
storage7
blob-storage7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apehkone/commando
Nov 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 2 pushes in 4 months
apehkone/retro.web
May 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:16 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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