Ari-pekka Koponen
Head Of Platform
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolAri-pekka Koponen is a pragmatic engineering leader and Head of Platform with 11 years of experience building developer-facing systems and teams from Helsinki. He partners with autonomous senior teams to operationalize well-researched practices that boost productivity without sacrificing culture or quality, and has a track record of delivering measurable product improvements such as doubling checkout conversions via experimentation. Previously he led frontend chapters, introduced E2E and unit testing practices, and architected large-scale web and data pipelines across startups and consultancy engagements. Comfortable as both a hands-on engineer and operator, he also founded and ran small companies, combining product, sales and delivery experience with an MSc in Mathematical Information Technology. Notably, he treats software as a reflection of team culture and focuses on aligning domain experts and stakeholders to find the best technical and organizational solutions.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduate Math Physics Religion English (A-lvl) German (A-lvl) Swedish (B-lvl) Literature & Writing, Undergraduate Math Physics Religion English (A-lvl) German (A-lvl) Swedish (B-lvl) Literature & Writing at Joensuun Lyseon LukioB.A. Theology and Ministry, B.A. Theology and Ministry at University of Wales (IK College)Master of Science (MSc) Mathematical Information Technology, Master of Science (MSc) Mathematical Information Technology at University of JyväskyläApprobatur Information Technology, Approbatur Information Technology at Joensuun yliopisto
English, Finnish, German, Swedish
Stackoverflow
475reputation
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wordpress
top-5%
Github Skills (171)
json-schema10
mapbox-gl10
visualizations10
hybrid10
javascript10
data-validation10
wordpress10
browser10
drawing10
react-component10
compiler10
gatsby10
json10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
apkoponen/wp-rest-api-oauth2
Feb 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:64 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 8 months
apiwordpressoauth2-serverwp-apioauth2
justingreerbbi/WP-REST-API-OAuth-2.0-Server
Feb 2016 - Dec 2020
Contributions:18 pushes, 5 branches, 24 comments in 4 years 11 months
apiauthorizationwordpress-rest-apiwordpressauthentication
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