Jussi Saurio
Software Engineer at Turso
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolJussi Saurio is a seasoned software engineer with nine years of experience building backend systems and shipping production-ready features across startups and product teams in Finland and beyond. Currently at Turso after a year at Mapbox and five years at Reaktor, he brings practical expertise in typesafe API design, middleware, and robust request handling. An active open-source contributor to the popular trpc project, he has improved server-side type inference, added standalone middleware, and implemented file upload and payload handling enhancements. Fluent in both pragmatic engineering and playful curiosity—his GitHub bio calls him a "keyboard monkey"—he pairs careful attention to reliability with a taste for experimental features. Trained in humanities with an MA in English, he combines clear communication and code craftsmanship to translate complex requirements into maintainable systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree English Language and Literature General, Master's degree English Language and Literature General at University of Tampere 1925-2018
Github Skills (15)
typescript10
nodejs10
typescripts10
api10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
server10
api-design10
typescript-types10
server-side10
react9
middleware9
nextjs8
zod8
testing8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
trpc/trpc
Aug 2023 - Nov 2023
🧙♀️ Move Fast and Break Nothing. End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 10 PRs, 21 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jussi primarily contributed to the server-side logic of the `trpc/trpc` repository, focusing on enhancements to the server framework. Their work involved adding experimental features like standalone middleware, allowing for more flexible API design and improving type safety. The user also addressed issues related to request handling and payload sizes, ensuring the robustness of the server. Furthermore, they implemented features for handling file uploads and improved type inference.
apireactend-to-endprismajavascript
mikkomcmenamin/blood-on-the-clocktower-app
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:236 commits, 95 pushes, 9 comments in 1 month
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