Matias Ikkala is a software developer with 11 years of hands-on experience building embedded and UI software, currently working on Qt/C++ interfaces for industrial machines and learning PLC development. A Computer Science master’s candidate at Tampere University and a PhD student in computer graphics, he blends rigorous academic research with practical engineering. His background spans embedded C++ systems at Tickingbot and web/marketing stacks earlier in his career, giving him a rare mix of low-level systems fluency and product-facing web operations. Comfortable across cloud, web, and sysadmin tasks, he also brings SEO, ecommerce, and analytics experience from a decade in digital marketing. Based in Tampere, Finland, he’s noted for tracing rays in academic graphics work while shipping reliable production software. Colleagues value his ability to translate research-grade graphics insight into pragmatic, maintainable code for constrained devices and industrial UIs.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Tampere University
Master of Arts (MA) Philosophy and Religious Studies, Master of Arts (MA) Philosophy and Religious Studies at University of Helsinki
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