Miikka Koistinen
Software Engineer at IQM Quantum Computers
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolMiikka Koistinen is a software engineer based in Helsinki with a decade of hands-on experience building performance-critical systems in C++, Python, and cloud-native tooling. He currently develops software at IQM Quantum Computers, bringing a background in low-level real-time code and parallel memory management from Nokia’s mobile communications projects. His experience spans consulting at Netlight, OPNFV and Kubernetes deployments, and teaching object-oriented C++ at Aalto University, showing both depth in systems engineering and a talent for mentoring. Known for optimizing code for speed and efficiency, he pairs rigorous academic training (MSc in Computer Science, plus study at Nanyang Technological University) with practical deployment experience. Outside work he seeks the hardest lines in bouldering, which mirrors his appetite for technically demanding challenges and meticulous problem-solving. That blend of performance optimization, cross-domain systems work, and an appetite for difficult problems makes him a versatile engineer for high-stakes technical projects.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Aalto UniversitySchool of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological UniversityFinnish Matriculation Examination, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Finnish Matriculation Examination, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry at Leppävaaran lukio
English, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Spanish, German
Github Skills (8)
yardstick9
client-library8
python-client8
adapter8
quantum-computing7
quantum-algorithms6
qiskit5
python5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
miikkako/TowerDefence2d
Jun 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 2 months
junction-api-nat/qoco-challenge
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:8 pushes in 1 day
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