Pekka Pöyry
Backend Developer at Plan Brothers
Finland
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Top SchoolPekka Pöyry is a backend developer with 12 years of hands-on experience building reliable server-side systems and database tooling from Finland. He combines practical backend engineering at Fast Monkeys and Plan Brothers with a solid academic foundation (MSc in Computer Science from Aalto University). His open-source contributions show a focus on robustness and quality: improving test suites and fixing memory- and session-related bugs in SQLAlchemy versioning, hardening Python SAML libraries with better validation and exception-based tests, and enhancing a fast database snapshot/restore tool. Pekka’s work often targets edge cases and test automation, reflecting an emphasis on maintainability and production safety that’s not always obvious from job titles alone. He’s comfortable across database operations, connection management, and backend error handling, making him a dependable engineer for systems where correctness matters.
12 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Aalto University
English, Finnish
Github Skills (22)
unit-testing10
postgresql10
pytest10
python10
saml10
testing10
database-administration10
sqlalchemy10
database-design10
test-automation10
configuration-management9
memory-management9
exception-handling9
rest-api8
cli8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
fastmonkeys/stellar
Jun 2014 - Apr 2018
Fast database snapshot and restore tool for development
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:41 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Pekka primarily focused on developing and improving the database snapshot and restore tool. Their work included implementing database connection resets, adding the ability to list and remove snapshots, and refining error handling for configuration and database operations. They also made significant changes to database operations, including database creation, renaming, and connection management within the Python codebase. Furthermore, they contributed to the overall project by addressing code style issues.
mysqlsqlrestoredatabasepostgresql
kvesteri/sqlalchemy-continuum
Jul 2013 - Mar 2016
Versioning extension for SQLAlchemy.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 issue in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Pekka primarily focused on improving the test suite for the `sqlalchemy-continuum` library. Their commits added new failing test cases, specifically for single table inheritance and i18n integrations. They also addressed and fixed memory leaks related to the UnitOfWork and session management within the testing framework.
versioningpythonsqlalchemy
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