Jaanus Järvala
Product Owner at Transpordiamet - Estonian Transport Administration
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolJaanus Järvala is a Product Owner and software developer with 14 years of experience bridging engineering, service management and geospatial domains from Tallinn, Estonia. He has hands-on backend experience contributing to notable open-source Ruby on Rails projects (including fixes and Rails 4.2 upgrades for the popular forem forum engine) and a track record of shipping reliable systems in government and enterprise settings. At the Estonian Transport Administration he oversees end-to-end road information services, coordinating partners and prioritizing development to ensure continuity and user satisfaction. His background in geomatics and land management gives him a practical edge in spatially-aware systems and data-driven decision making. Colleagues know him for combining pair-programming development practices with structured product stewardship and an emphasis on measurable process improvement.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Engineering; MSc, Land Management and Real Estate Planning, Master of Science in Engineering; MSc, Land Management and Real Estate Planning at Estonian University of Life Sciences
English, Estonian, Finnish
Github Skills (6)
activerecord10
rspec10
databases10
rails10
ruby-on-rails10
git8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rubysherpas/forem
Mar 2012 - Aug 2015
The best Rails 3 and Rails 4 forum engine. Ever.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 3 PRs, 25 comments in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jaanus primarily focused on improving the forum engine's backend functionality by addressing bugs and implementing enhancements. They fixed issues related to setting `last_post_at` timestamps when new posts are created and refactored category sorting for improved organization. The user also added tests for controller parameters, improving the reliability of the code. Furthermore, the user updated the project to support Rails 4.2.
railseverforumforum-engineruby
yan-hoose/rails-perfmon-app
May 2015 - Dec 2018
Contributions:21 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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