Jenni Laakso
Frontend Developer at Sharetribe Ltd
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolJenni Laakso is a frontend developer based in Helsinki with 11 years of professional experience focused on crafting user-friendly web interfaces. Since 2018 she has been contributing to Sharetribe’s Flex templates, improving booking flows, date/time inputs and UX components that support marketplace interactions at scale. Her background blends a computer science degree from the University of Helsinki with hands-on web development roles, giving her both theoretical grounding and practical product experience. She brings a detail-oriented approach to UI polish and form/workflow improvements, and her open-source contributions show a knack for shipping small, impactful frontend features that improve usability.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering at Aalto UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Helsinki
Github Skills (10)
html10
css10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
react-intl9
interface-design9
user-interface9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sharetribe/ftw-hourly
Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
Flex template for Web: time-based booking processes
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 161 commits, 73 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Jenni primarily focused on enhancing the front-end components of the application, specifically related to time-based booking processes. Their contributions included modifying the `DateInput` component to handle time-based slots and creating a new `FieldDateAndTimeInput` component. Further, they introduced CSS changes to improve the visual appearance of date and time input fields, and Booking related forms. These changes suggest a focus on improving the user interface and functionality for time-based booking functionality within the web application.
flextime-based
sharetribe/ftw-daily
Nov 2018 - Apr 2021
Sharetribe Flex Template for Web
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:20 releases, 34 reviews, 587 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jenni's commits primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience of the Sharetribe Flex Template. They implemented features such as action bar links for draft listings, updated styling, and introduced the IconArrowHead component for pagination. The changes also included adjustments to form layouts, integration with Facebook, and various code updates that aimed at a more user-friendly experience.
templateflexsharetribe
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