Heikki Kurhinen
Co-Founder, Software Architect at Metatavu Oy
Mikkeli, Mainland Finland
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Top SchoolHeikki Kurhinen is a software architect and entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building products and companies from Finland’s Mikkeli region. As Co-Founder and Software Architect at Metatavu since 2016, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic system design across the software lifecycle. His background in information technology and industrial electronics, combined with postgraduate studies in cognitive computing, gives him a practical yet research-informed approach to problem solving. Heikki’s career began in roles from trainee developer to "Sissikoodari," reflecting a hands-on, adaptable mindset and a willingness to tackle diverse technical challenges. Known for turning pragmatic engineering into durable architecture, he brings both startup grit and technical breadth to product-focused teams.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Information Technology at Mikkeli University of Applied SciencesIndustrial Electronics Technology/Technician, Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician at Kouvola Region Vocational CollegeMaster of Science - MS, Cognitive Computing and Collective Intelligence, Master of Science - MS, Cognitive Computing and Collective Intelligence at University of Jyväskylä
English, Finnish
Github Skills (39)
system-administration10
project-management9
django9
django-rest-framework9
api9
administration9
postgresql7
database7
nest6
client-library6
elasticsearch5
strongly-typed5
finnish5
scraper4
cdn4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
hkurhinen/ship-api
Jun 2016 - May 2020
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
Metatavu/tulistop-api
Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:79 PRs, 100 pushes, 14 branches in 11 months
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