Jules Uusinarkaus
Software Engineering Team Lead at Hoxhunt
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolJules Uusinarkaus is a Helsinki-based Software Engineering Team Lead with nine years of experience building product-focused web applications and leading teams at Hoxhunt, currently responsible for core gamification and simulation training. He blends hands-on Typescript and React development with pragmatic backend work (Mongo, GraphQL) and a strong product vision that prioritizes delightful, non-exploitative user experiences. Known for mentoring and recruiting talent—aiming to make teammates “better than me”—he invests in developer ergonomics through scripting, linting, and tooling to reduce repetitive work. Jules also ships creative tech demos and open-source projects, including a live-coding visual platform (vjcode) using p5.js, reflecting an unusual mix of production engineering and performance-driven creativity. His background in freelance web consulting, student leadership, and teaching kids to code gives him empathy for diverse users and collaborators. Expect a leader who cares about code longevity, team happiness, and building things that are both useful and fun.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Helsinki
Github Skills (52)
javascript10
react-native10
testing10
webpack10
vue10
html10
svelte10
react10
angular10
storybook9
ui-components9
software-design9
web-components9
typescript9
vite9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
julesvirallinen/obsidian-digital-garden
Aug 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 20 PRs, 118 pushes in 1 month
julesvirallinen/telegram-quote-bot
Dec 2016 - Mar 2020
Bot that remembers quotes, and can return quotes by query, or randomly!
Contributions:115 commits, 1 PR, 37 pushes in 3 years 3 months
querydiscordbotdiscord-botquotes
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