Timo Metsälä
Software Architect at Reaktor Innovations
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolTimo Metsälä is a seasoned Software Architect based in Helsinki with 12+ years of experience designing and implementing low-level and networking software across Unix platforms (FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux), including Linux kernel modules. He brings deep C/C++ expertise—augmented by scripting in Ruby, Perl, Python and shell—and a track record in embedded systems, boot loaders, hardware BIST, and TCP/IP stacks. Timo has progressed from hands-on roles at Nokia and F-Secure to architecting solutions at Reaktor Innovations, blending practical systems programming with performance and interoperability-focused consulting. A certified Scrum Master, he pairs rigorous engineering with team-oriented delivery processes. Notably, his background spans both product development and integration/testing work, making him equally effective at solving obscure low-level problems and guiding architectural decisions.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Computer Science, M.Sc., Computer Science at University of Helsinki
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Github Skills (95)
bitbake10
disk-image10
wysiwyg10
debian10
rich-text10
finnish10
distributions10
mathquill10
mathjax10
rich-text-editor10
editor9
linux9
sql9
database9
vagrantfile9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
timotm/kilometrikisamaatti
Nov 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:31 PRs, 50 pushes, 40 branches in 7 years 5 months
digabi/digabi-os
Apr 2014 - Apr 2019
Abitti Disk Image is a collection of Linux distributions maintained by the Finnish Matriculation Examination Board.
Contributions:302 commits, 8 PRs, 372 pushes in 5 years 1 month
examinationdistributionsdisk-imagefinnishdisk
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