Iikka Niinivaara
Tech Principal, Software Architecture, Demand Planning & Supply Chain at RELEX Solutions
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolIikka Niinivaara is a Tech Principal specializing in software architecture for demand planning and supply chain with 14 years of experience building high-performance, distributed systems. Based in Frankfurt, he has driven the vision and execution of scale-out features for a proprietary in-memory analytical platform, leading the transition from a single-node monolith to a private cloud with microservices primarily in Scala and Finagle. His background spans deep database internals, JRuby-Java integration, algorithmic work such as pathfinding for automatic joins, and full-stack product delivery from Ember.js front ends to Java business logic. Known for translating low-level storage and processing insights into practical, production-grade designs, he navigates complex stakeholder landscapes to deliver measurable scalability. Early career work ranges from game integrations and virtualized deployments to pioneering Ajax-driven B2B services, reflecting a knack for pragmatic engineering across domains. He combines academic rigor in computer science and industrial engineering with a curiosity for the mechanics of data storage and distributed execution.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Full minor studies, Industrial Engineering, Full minor studies, Industrial Engineering at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolanAlmost MSc, Computer Science, Almost MSc, Computer Science at Helsingin yliopistoRessun lukio
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Github Skills (27)
java10
helix10
apache8
big-data8
macos6
mongodb6
sequelizejs6
nodejs6
expo6
metro-bundler6
javascript6
react-native6
ember-addon6
mysql6
concurrency5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mebe/Flowdock-userstyle
Nov 2013 - Feb 2014
Contributions:2 commits in 3 months
mebe/birdmonger
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 11 days
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