Mikko Keskinen
Lead Software Developer at Helen
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolMikko Keskinen is a Lead Software Developer based in Helsinki with 13 years of experience building web applications and leading engineering teams. He specializes in Python and Django backed by strong SQL expertise with PostgreSQL and MySQL, and a solid grounding in JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Mikko has moved between hands-on consulting at Muke Apps and senior roles in product companies, recently taking leadership at Helen after driving platform and architecture work at New Things Co and Anders Innovations. His background includes founding CTO experience and building distributed, fault-tolerant services (SMS LBS, API servers) as well as SaaS video and teaching platforms, showing both product sensibility and systems-level engineering. Comfortable across DevOps, cloud (AWS, GAE, Heroku) and message-driven architectures, he blends practical implementation skills with team coaching and refactoring discipline. Colleagues would note his knack for turning legacy PHP and CMS codebases into maintainable, data-driven platforms while keeping delivery client-focused.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Information Systems at Turku University of Applied Sciences
Finnish, English
Github Skills (36)
single-sign-on10
django10
identity10
openid-connect10
authentication10
openid-provider10
django-rest-framework10
jwt10
oauth2-provider10
openid10
python9
api9
graphql9
planning8
classification8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mikkokeskinen/hugo-deploy-gh-org-pages
Feb 2020 - Oct 2024
Github Action to Automate Hugo for an Organization Github Page
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
hugo
mikkokeskinen/mvj
Apr 2017 - Oct 2022
City of Helsinki ground rent system
Contributions:63 pushes, 49 branches in 5 years 6 months
helsinkigroundrent
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