Summary
Teemu Lahti is a Helsinki-based senior software developer with 12 years of hands-on full-stack experience spanning frontend, backend and cloud infrastructure. He has led engineering and product delivery as CTO of a photo-enrichment startup (UPGRD.io), shipped consumer-facing e‑commerce and fan engagement platforms, and now drives technical execution at Mavericks. Teemu’s background blends agency work on creative, experimental web projects with startup leadership, giving him a knack for turning novel ideas into production-ready systems. He’s comfortable across AWS architecture, team leadership, and recruitment, and has a history of moving from Flash-era web tooling into modern JavaScript/PHP stacks. Notably, his career shows a recurring focus on image-centric product features and infrastructure reliability that bridge creative UX and scalable backend services.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Mediatechnology, Bachelor of Engineering, Mediatechnology at HAMK university of applied sciences
Finnish, English, Swedish