Vilppu Vuorinen
Senior System Architect at Pinja Group
Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolVilppu Vuorinen is a Senior System Architect based in Vaasa, Finland, with 11 years of experience designing and leading complex software systems. He progressed from CTO to CDO roles at Jubic Oy before moving to Pinja Group, blending hands-on engineering with strategic technical leadership. His open-source contributions include improving the MELCloud integration in the widely used Home Assistant project, focusing on energy consumption sensors and compatibility fixes that reduce polling and enhance reliability. Vilppu combines embedded and backend sensibilities—having worked at ABB early in his career—with a practical, product-oriented approach to system architecture. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology and is known for pragmatic solutions that prioritize robustness and backward compatibility.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Information Technology at Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu VAMK University of Applied Sciences
Github Skills (6)
iot10
python10
home-automation10
asyncio10
mqttnet9
mqtt9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
Feb 2020 - Sep 2022
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 18 commits, 19 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Vilppu primarily contributed to the MELCloud integration within the Home Assistant project. Their work focused on adding sensors for energy consumption, improving the integration's efficiency by reducing poll frequency, and fixing compatibility issues with older versions of the underlying pymelcloud library. The user also made changes related to disabling energy report based operations, suggesting a focus on maintaining compatibility and resolving issues within the MELCloud integration.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
jubicoy/easyutils
May 2020 - Dec 2024
A collection of utility classes.
Contributions:6 releases, 13 PRs, 33 pushes in 4 years 7 months
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