Pekka Astala
Software Engineer at Finnair
Helsinki, Mainland Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolPekka Astala is a versatile software engineer and entrepreneur with 11 years of professional experience, currently contributing to Finnair's checkout flows after a stretch as a freelancer and company founder. He moves fluidly between full-stack development, solution architecture, and technical leadership, with hands-on experience across AWS, GCP, Azure and stacks including Java, Node, PHP, React and Vue. Pekka began coding at 12, turned professional in 2008, and has led teams and architectures since 2016, blending pragmatic engineering with delivery-focused design. His recent work includes modernization and abuse-mitigation efforts at Spotify and network automation platforms at Elisa, illustrating a knack for solving domain-specific problems that span frontend, backend and data collaborations. Comfortable adopting whatever modern stack a project requires, he favors practical outcomes over technology dogma. Based in Helsinki, he pairs consultancy-honed client engagement skills with startup grit from founding his own company in 2022.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Information and Communications Technology, Master of Engineering - MEng Information and Communications Technology at Metropolia University of Applied SciencesKeravan kauppaoppilaitos
Github Skills (18)
node-app8
checker5
devtools5
nodejs4
css4
linter4
web-development4
w3c4
music4
svg3
javascript3
react-native2
flutter2
android2
mobile-game1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PekkaAstala/music-automaton
Mar 2018 - Sep 2018
A node app that automatically generates melodies
Contributions:24 commits, 5 PRs, 31 pushes in 5 months
musicnodejsnode-appmelodies
PekkaAstala/Messukone
Aug 2016 - Mar 2023
Web app for printing small brochures with information
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 8 months
web-appwebappprinting
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