Juri Saltbacka
Public Speaker, Event Organizer & Mentorship at Self-employed
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolJuri Saltbacka is a pragmatic software engineering leader and public speaker based in Helsinki with 12 years of experience building full-stack, DevOps, and infra solutions and scaling engineering teams. He combines hands-on delivery (JavaScript, Kubernetes) with a focus on simplicity—KISS, DRY, YAGNI—so teams ship reliable products without unnecessary complexity. As a mentor and event organizer since 2019, he amplifies technical practice through coaching, talks, and community-building that bridge engineering and product realities. His background spans startups and studios where he progressed from developer to technical director and lead, often stepping in to steer projects back on track when plans unravel. Known for pragmatic project management (Agile/XP plus occasional chaos control), he prioritizes execution and shared learning over academic perfection. Quietly, he brings a multimedia communications foundation to technical leadership, helping teams communicate complex systems clearly.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Audio Visual Communications; Multimedia, Audio Visual Communications; Multimedia at Helsinki City College of Technology
Finnish, English, Spanish, Swedish, Russian
Github Skills (98)
starter-kit10
gundb10
serverless10
firebase10
scaffolding10
assetbundle10
mod-manager10
nightwatch10
service-worker10
mason10
jotai10
screeps10
hono10
joy-ui10
progressive-enhancement10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
salttis/example-feathers-soft-delete-errors
May 2017 - Apr 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years
3bola/gulp-starter
Feb 2014 - May 2014
A gulp.js starter template with basic tasks for development and production
Contributions:36 commits, 3 pushes in 2 months
templaterollupgulp-plugingulpmustache
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