Mika Raento
Principal Software Engineer at ŌURA
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolMika Raento is a Principal Software Engineer based in Helsinki with 16 years of experience bridging deep research, startup founding, and senior engineering leadership. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has led high-impact teams and products at Google (rising to Senior Staff), ŌURA, and as VP of R&D at ZenRobotics, combining ML-driven robotics, mobile platforms, and product strategy. Mika co-founded multiple startups (including Jaiku and Karhea), has a history of shipping mobile-first systems since the Symbian era, and spent time at McKinsey translating technical excellence into client impact. Known for blending rigorous academic thinking with pragmatic execution, he favors competence, focus and continual learning while mentoring teams to build great engineering cultures.
16 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Helsingin yliopistoMSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Jyväskylän yliopisto
English, Swedish, Finnish
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Github Skills (55)
json-parser10
json10
javascript10
memory-efficient10
serializer10
python10
marshalling10
zero-copy10
typescript10
cross-platform10
java10
cross-language10
serialization10
c9910
mmap10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mikaraento/flatbuffers
Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
FlatBuffers: Memory Efficient Serialization Library
Contributions:6 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 1 month
memoryserializationflatbuffersserialization-libraryserializer
mikaraento/tts
Aug 2009 - Sep 2009
Contributions:29 commits in 10 days
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