Jari Saarela
Senior Lead Software Developer at HiQ Finland
Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
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Top SchoolJari Saarela is a seasoned full stack software leader based in Oulu, Finland, with over nine years in senior and lead engineering roles and a decades-long coding background stretching back to the late 1990s. Currently Senior Lead Software Developer at HiQ Finland, he has steered engineering teams through product and platform work at Ambientia, Valamis and Verkkoasema, combining hands-on implementation with team leadership. Comfortable across the stack, Jari focuses on delivering practical, maintainable solutions while mentoring engineers and shaping delivery processes. Outside work he’s a committed family man and retro computing enthusiast (C64, Amiga, MSX), a hobby that reflects his long-term curiosity about systems and low-level design.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
programmers degree, programmers degree at Suomen YrittäjäopistoBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) at Rovaniemen ammattikorkeakoulu
Github Skills (4)
java9
scala9
angular9
typescript8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CSCfi/oiva-template
May 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:35 PRs, 75 pushes, 22 branches in 1 year 11 months
CSCfi/oiva-backend
May 2017 - Feb 2019
Oiva - Opetushallinnon ohjaus- ja säätelypalvelu
Contributions:3 releases, 156 commits, 89 PRs in 1 year 9 months
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