Heikki Ahonen
Software Developer at Exolyt - TikTok Social Intelligence Platform
Kokkola, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolHeikki Ahonen is a software developer with a decade of hands-on experience spanning full-stack development, system administration, DevOps and teaching. Currently at Exolyt, he brings practical expertise in software architecture, testing automation and GDPR-aware data security to product engineering. His background includes lecturing computer science courses and shaping institutional strategy as a board member and head of security at Centria UAS, showing a rare mix of technical depth and organizational leadership. Early roles in enterprises like CGI and Rovio gave him strong operational foundations in cloud systems and identity management. Heikki’s career blends academic rigor from a Master’s in Computer Science with pragmatic, service-oriented roles—from supervising restaurant teams to running campus security—highlighting adaptability and people-centered problem solving. Based in Kokkola, Finland, he’s equally comfortable mentoring students as he is shipping secure, maintainable production systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Hospitality and restaurant service, Waiter, Hospitality and restaurant service, Waiter at Pirkanmaan ammattiopistoProfessional Teacher Education, Pedagogial studies, Professional Teacher Education, Pedagogial studies at Tampere University of Applied SciencesInternational Baccalaureate, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, International Baccalaureate, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Tampereen Lyseon LukioMaster of Philosophy - MPhil, Computer Science, Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Computer Science at University of Helsinki
Finnish, English, Swedish
Github Skills (35)
docker-compose9
docker8
react8
typescript7
monster7
devops6
web-application6
ruby-on-rails5
nodejs5
npm5
javascript5
trainer4
ruby4
generator3
rails3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
centria/tietokannat
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:6 PRs, 58 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 1 month
centria/algo-and-data
Dec 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 146 pushes in 3 years 3 months
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