Summary
Ville Välimaa is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building mobile and full-stack systems, currently shaping architecture and delivery at fully remote Nordic Nomads from Shanghai. He has led engineering teams and trained developers as a tech lead at Wiredcraft, combining hands-on iOS/Android work (Swift, Kotlin) with backend systems in Go, Node.js and Python. His background spans low-level C/C++ and systems testing to modern web and mobile stacks, informed by a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Oulu. He brings fintech and security-tested engineering experience from Reaktor and Codenomicon, where protocol-level testing and vulnerability discovery were core responsibilities. Comfortable across languages including Rust and Golang, he excels at bridging product-facing mobile clients and robust backend services. Fluent in cross-cultural teams and Chinese language studies at Fudan, he’s effective in international, distributed engineering environments.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Non-degree, Chinese language, Non-degree, Chinese language at Fudan University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Engineering at University of Oulu
Karjasilta high school
Finnish, Swedish, English, Chinese, Japanese