Summary
Iisakki Rotko is an AI Engineer based in Groningen with two years of professional experience building Python-first web applications and AI tooling. He has progressed from junior software engineer work on Solara—a pure-Python web framework integrating FastAPI/Starlette and Jupyter—to focused AI engineering roles at Nexler and New Nexus, bridging research-grade Python with production front-ends. His background in physics (MSc/BSc from the University of Groningen) gives him a strong foundation in quantitative thinking, which he applies to designing interactive dashboards, Pyodide-based browser Python solutions, and scalable app pipelines. Notably, he has hands-on experience rewriting CI/CD for core libraries and shipping PyCafe, reflecting a focus on developer experience and production readiness. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who enjoys turning prototypes into reliable products while contributing to open-source tooling.
2 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Joensuun Lyseon Lukio
Master of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at University of Groningen