Sami Kukkonen
Member Of Technical Staff at NestAI
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolSami Kukkonen is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience, currently serving as Member of Technical Staff at NestAI in Helsinki. He brings a strong practical background from senior consulting at Reaktor and engineering roles at Smartly.io and Venuu, delivering production-grade systems across ad tech and consultancy projects. With a formal foundation in computer science and a master's in data science from the University of Helsinki, he blends data-driven thinking with hands-on software development. Sami’s career shows a pattern of moving between product-focused engineering and client-facing consultancy, making him adept at translating complex requirements into pragmatic solutions. Based in Finland, he pairs a regional perspective on European tech ecosystems with experience in scalable, team-oriented delivery. An uncommon detail: he augmented his technical profile with studies in accounting and finance, giving him a stronger grasp of product and business trade-offs.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Data Science, Master of Science - MS, Data Science at University of HelsinkiAccounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance at Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku
Finnish, English, French, Swedish
Github Skills (145)
popmotion10
svg10
date-fns10
javascript10
type-check10
animation10
react-component10
animate10
datepicker10
easing10
maps10
wolfram-alpha10
typescript10
tween10
physics10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
strax/wstools
Jun 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:44 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 8 months
strax/lzwpack
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:1 release, 73 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
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