Niko Lehtovirta
Lead Developer at Self-employed
Jyväskylä, Central Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolNiko Lehtovirta is a Lead Developer with 12 years of hands-on experience building systems from embedded C++ devices to cloud-native services, currently leading development at Firstbeat Technologies while offering independent consultancy. He brings cross-domain expertise—real-time and low-level device work through to full-stack backend development with Elixir and JavaScript—and a track record of guiding teams in managed cloud applications. An active contributor to the ACE3 Arma 3 mod, he has tweaked core gameplay systems like respawn and explosives, illustrating attention to complex state and integration challenges. Based in Jyväskylä, Finland, Niko combines practical engineering roots (electronics training and device testing) with modern software leadership, often bridging hardware constraints and scalable cloud architectures.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Matriculation Examination, Electronics technician, Matriculation Examination, Electronics technician at Salon seudun ammattioppilaitosBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Software Engineering at JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Finnish, English
Github Skills (4)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
acemod/ACE3
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Open-source realism mod for Arma 3
Role in this project:
Mod Developer
Mod DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Niko primarily contributed to the respawn and explosives systems within the ACE3 mod. Their work involved modifying existing code to implement PFH (presumably a scripting construct for Arma 3), as well as updating various functions related to removing bodies, moving rally points, and module functionality. These contributions centered around core gameplay mechanics and integrating changes from the master branch.
armamodsqfarma-3ace
osasto-kuikka/KGE
Oct 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 10 PRs, 30 pushes in 2 years 1 month
minecraftmodenhancermodificationmodding
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