Summary
Outi Paloahde is a Helsinki-based software developer with eight years of work experience and a BBA in Information Technology from Haaga-Helia, currently developing products at Alma Media. She brings a practical full‑stack toolkit—Java, Spring, JavaScript and React—while actively expanding into Node.js, Express and image and speech recognition through an ongoing school project. Her decade in hospitality (from shift management at McDonald's to professional cook roles) has honed resilience, calm under pressure, and collaborative communication that she applies to engineering teams. Approaching the end of her studies, she combines academic curiosity with hands-on delivery and a hunger to learn that fuels rapid skill growth. Outside work she pursues athletic and adventurous hobbies like football and skydiving, reflecting a mindset comfortable with calculated risk and continuous challenge.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Vocational Qualification in Hotel, Restaurant and Catering, Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering, Vocational Qualification in Hotel, Restaurant and Catering, Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering at The Helsinki Culinary School Perho
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Information Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Information Technology at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
English, Finnish, Swedish, French, Swahili