Jani Mikkonen
Software Architect at Qvik
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolJani Mikkonen is a seasoned software architect and technology leader based in Helsinki with nearly two decades of experience building internet systems since 1997. He has progressed from hands-on developer and technical designer roles to senior leadership positions including CTO and Head of Front-end, now shaping architecture and delivery at Qvik. Jani blends deep front-end expertise with product-minded engineering leadership, having led technology teams at agencies and product companies like Isobar and Valve. He’s an active contributor to open-source internationalization efforts, maintaining Finnish translations for the widely used Yii PHP framework to improve UX for Finnish-speaking developers. Known for pragmatic, long-term thinking, he combines an engineering background in electrical engineering with a consistent focus on making complex systems accessible and localised.
19 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer Electrical Engineering, Engineer Electrical Engineering at Helsinki Polytechnic
English, Finnish, Swedish
Github Skills (9)
yii10
php-framework10
internationalization10
php10
localization10
finnish10
application-framework9
app-framework9
web-framework9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
yiisoft/yii2
Aug 2013 - Dec 2015
Yii 2: The Fast, Secure and Professional PHP Framework
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:17 commits, 4 PRs, 9 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jani primarily contributed to the localization efforts of the Yii2 framework. Their work involved adding and updating Finnish translations for various messages within the framework, including core validation messages and user-facing text. They also merged updates from the master branch to ensure the Finnish translations remained current. The user's contributions directly improved the framework's usability for Finnish-speaking users.
php-frameworkyiiphpyii2framework
yiisoft/yii
Nov 2012 - Nov 2015
Yii PHP Framework 1.1.x
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:15 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jani primarily contributed to the Finnish translation of the Yii PHP Framework, updating and improving existing translations. The commits show the user's focus on translating messages and view files, ensuring the framework's usability for Finnish-speaking users. This involved modifying language files within the `framework/messages/fi` and `framework/views/fi` directories to incorporate more accurate translations. These efforts significantly improved the framework's internationalization support.
php-frameworkyiiphpyii1
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