Heli Huhtilainen
Data Scientist
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolHeli Huhtilainen is a Data Scientist based in Helsinki with eight years of industry experience transitioning from billing and software development into machine learning and NLP. After earning a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki, she applied her full-stack background at Kesko to bridge production engineering and data-driven solutions, now focusing on building applied deep learning systems. Her career path—from invoicing and credit management at Elisa to junior and full-stack developer roles—gives her a practical appreciation for product workflows and reliable deployment. She combines hands-on engineering with research-grounded expertise in NLP, and is motivated to turn advanced models into useful customer-facing applications. An uncommon strength is her early training in fashion design, which contributes a design-minded perspective to user-centric ML solutions.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of HelsinkiBachelor’s degree, Fashion/Apparel Design, Bachelor’s degree, Fashion/Apparel Design at Southampton Solent UniversityBachelor’s degree, Fashion, Bachelor’s degree, Fashion at JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Finnish, English, Swedish, French
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Github Skills (31)
neo4j8
react-typescript7
full-stack7
graph7
hsl7
continuous-integration7
docker7
react6
nodejs6
typescript6
cicd6
reuters6
backend5
planning5
redux5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
apndx/FullStack
Nov 2018 - May 2023
Exercises for FullStack course at Helsinki Uni. Tecs: JavaScript - React - Node.js - Redux - MongoDB - Cypress - GraphQL
Contributions:30 PRs, 182 pushes, 21 branches in 4 years 6 months
reactnode-jsjavascriptexpresscypress
apndx/ScentUp
Mar 2018 - May 2019
Solo desktop project for Methods of Software Engineering course at Helsinki Uni. The application offers the user a way to organise a fragrance collection. Tecs: Java - JavaFX - Maven - SQLite - JUnit
Contributions:3 releases, 40 PRs, 115 pushes in 1 year 2 months
engineering-coursemavensql-databaseorganisesolo
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