Jarno Hakulinen
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJarno Hakulinen is a collaborative software engineering leader with 20+ years of experience building and shipping audio and AI SDKs across embedded, desktop, and cloud platforms. At Microsoft he led cross-language Azure AI SDK teams from preview to GA, combining hands-on coding, architecture design, and operational sprint leadership to deliver Python, .NET, Java, JavaScript, Go, Swift and C++ libraries. He has deep domain expertise in speech and audio systems from device drivers and DSP to cloud inference and agent tooling, and a proven track record of resolving customer-critical issues under tight schedules. Known for fostering inclusive, high-performance teams, he mentors senior engineers while driving clear product vision and shared ownership across organizations. He leverages AI and automation to accelerate engineering velocity—authoring internal tools like the Azure AI Assistants Tool to broaden organizational adoption of agent-based development. Trained as an M.Sc. software engineer with practical aviation-mechanic roots, he blends rigorous systems thinking with pragmatic delivery.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Software Engineering, Automation and Control Technology, 4/5 (Thesis), 3.6 (Average grade from all courses), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Software Engineering, Automation and Control Technology, 4/5 (Thesis), 3.6 (Average grade from all courses) at Tampere University of TechnologyAssistant mechanic for MIG-21 jet fighter, Aviation, graduated with good grade, Assistant mechanic for MIG-21 jet fighter, Aviation, graduated with good grade at Finnish Air Force Technical School
English, Swedish, Finnish
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Github Skills (95)
python10
azure-functions10
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
prompt-engineering10
speech10
rest-api10
openapi10
javascript10
chatgpt10
azure-sdk10
microsoft-cognitive-services10
dotnet10
browser10
prompt10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jhakulin/azureai-assistant-tool
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
The Azure AI Assistant Tool is experimental Python application and middleware designed to simplify the development, experimentation, testing, and debugging of OpenAI assistants.
Contributions:9 releases, 4 PRs, 383 pushes in 1 year
jhakulin/realtime-ai
Oct 2024 - Feb 2025
Experimental Python SDK for OpenAI's Realtime API
Contributions:9 releases, 2 reviews, 42 PRs in 3 months
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