Santtu Lakkala
SW Consultant at Steniant
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolSanttu Lakkala is a seasoned software consultant with 19 years of experience, currently focused on Linux and open platforms from his base in Tampere, Finland. He has progressed from research and trainee roles at Nokia to senior engineering positions at Nomovok, Link Motion, Jolla, and now Steniant, bringing deep embedded and systems-level expertise. His Master’s in Software Engineering underpins a pragmatic approach to building robust, maintainable software across long-lived projects. Known for steady delivery in constrained environments, he excels at bridging low-level system concerns with higher-level application needs. Although not highly visible on GitHub, his career shows sustained impact in device- and platform-oriented engineering teams. Colleagues value his quiet technical leadership and long-term commitment to open, Linux-based solutions.
18 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Software Engineering, Master of Science, Software Engineering at Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018Päivölä College
Finnish, English, Swedish, German
Github Skills (119)
usrp10
bluetooth-low-energy10
matrix9
vk9
measurement9
twitch9
conky9
bluetooth9
whatsapp9
discord9
scales9
rocketchat9
daemon9
amdgpu9
gitter9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
inzanity/2miich
Sep 2014 - Oct 2021
Contributions:114 commits, 11 pushes, 13 tags in 7 years 1 month
sailfishosscoresandroid
inzanity/sailfish-secrets
Nov 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:25 pushes, 4 branches, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
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