Summary
Tommi Kivelä is an experienced software architect based in Tampere, Finland, with over eight years focused on architecture roles and a long career in systems and analysis stretching back to the late 1990s. He prefers hands-on coding to purely diagramming, blending practical development with strategic system design across healthcare and enterprise domains. Tommi has driven architecture at Pihlajalinna and now Brightly after earlier platform and systems work at Digia and Tieto, giving him deep experience in turning complex legacy landscapes into maintainable, service-oriented solutions. His background suggests strong skills in systems integration, pragmatic refactoring, and aligning technical decisions with business needs. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic architect who still ships code and mentors teams through realistic, incremental improvements. Trained as a computer scientist at VAMK, he brings both formal education and decades of operational experience to solve production-first architecture challenges.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Science at Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu VAMK University of Applied Sciences