Lauri Välja
Product Manager at Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia / Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium
Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolLauri Välja is a product-minded engineer with 11 years of experience building customer-focused digital products across fintech and government sectors. After contributing to Wise as a Product Engineer and early TransferWise intern, he moved into software engineering at Aurelia and now leads product work at Estonia’s Ministry of Education and Research. He blends hands-on engineering experience with product strategy to simplify user journeys and improve service outcomes. Lauri’s background in full-stack development and community work (freeCodeCamp moderator) underscores a practical, user-first approach to shipping reliable solutions. Notably, he pairs public-sector impact with startup-speed execution, making complex systems more usable for real people.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampInformatics, Informatics at University of TartuTartu Ülikool
English, Estonian, Russian
Github Skills (58)
javascript10
css10
certification10
codebase10
math10
angularjs-components10
neptune10
nodejs10
react10
offline-app9
typescript9
angularjs8
react-components8
algorithm8
ui-components8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
OFFLlNE/100-days-of-code
Jan 2017 - Mar 2021
Contributions:56 pushes in 4 years 1 month
journaltemplatekeep
OFFLlNE/100-days
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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