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Atte Saarinen

An experienced full-stack developer working in web application development. Interested in creating user-friendly and purposeful applications with proper tools and methods for the given project. Equipped with a keen eye for design, security, scalability, and overall quality.

Recent projects

  • Full-stack developer 2024 2025

    Variety of development and DevOps tasks for a cost accounting software for civil engineering. Contributed by implementing new features for the software, developing a new REST API, fixing bugs and improving DX.

    Industry: Civil engineering, Software

    Keywords: React, TypeScript, PureScript, Rust, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, ActiveReports

  • Full-stack developer 2023 2024

    Development of a wholesale marketplace for energy trading as part of a small team. Mostly responsible for the front-end development. Project also included plenty of DevOps and backend work.

    Industry: Energy

    Keywords: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Go, PostgreSQL, AWS, CDK, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Dagger

  • Full-stack developer 2023 2023

    Development as part of a team responsible for integration of Google Ads and implementing features for the Google Ads integration.

    Industry: Software, Advertising

    Keywords: React, Node.js, Google Ads

  • Lead developer 2022 2023

    Complete rewrite of the old angular.js-based front-end to a new React-based front-end with new tooling, partially new design, and migration to Azure.

    Industry: Pharmaceutical

    Keywords: React, TypeScript, Java, Spring, SWR, GitLab CI/CD, Azure

  • Full-stack developer 2021 2022

    Development of a customer portal for a large energy company. The project also included the implementation of a new design system.

    Industry: Energy

    Keywords: React, Next.js, TypeScript, SWR, Python, FastAPI, Radix-UI, Design System

  • Front-end developer 2020 2020

    Implementing custom components for the electron app used to configure customer's USB-connected product.

    Industry: Manufacturing (electronics), Software

    Keywords: React, TypeScript, Electron

  • Lead developer 2017 2019

    Lead developer for extranet with integrations to ERP system. Extranet and public website shared a product configurator with visualization of the configured product which was a big part of the project.

    Industry: Manufacturing (furniture)

    Keywords: React, MobX, Python, Django, Heroku

Work experience

  • Blue Raven Oy Mar 2023 Present

    Freelance Software Generalist

    Software consultancy and development as a freelancer.

  • Vincit Dec 2014 Feb 2023

    Senior Software Developer

    A wide variety of web development projects as lead, full-stack, or front-end developer. In addition to software consultancy work, the job description included mentoring and some recruitment work (technical interviews). Check recent projects from this CV for examples.

  • Vivesa Solutions Oy Ab Jan 2016 Aug 2022

    CTO / Lead Developer

    Leading product development of mini-ERP / CRM SaaS software with a team of two plus a short-term subcontractor. Technologies included Node.js, angular.js, PostgreSQL, React, GraphQL, Hasura, and AWS.

  • Deft Division Oy Feb 2017 Mar 2019

    Co-Founder / Front-end Developer

    Growth hacking, analytics, and front-end development for travel agency webshop. Technologies included Nodejs, angular.js, and Google Analytics.

  • Saarinen & Aho Consulting Dec 2011 Dec 2014

    CTO / Software Developer

    Freelance software consultancy work for a variety of web projects. For example, implementing autorekisteri.fi (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript), development for software startup TeamUp (ASP.NET MVC4), internal web applications for smaller customers (Django, Bootstrap, Backbone.js, MEAN stack).

  • Inno-W Oy Jun 2011 Sep 2012

    Software Developer

    Implementing web applications with SharePoint and Drupal, Drupal module development.

  • Joiner Oy Sep 2009 Nov 2010

    Software Developer

    Desktop sofware development with C#.NET and WPF, Adoble Flex / Air and Java Spring, Hibernate with Oracle or PostgreSQL databases.

  • Tampere University of Technology, Department of Computer Science Jul 2007 Aug 2007

    Software Developer

    Summer job developing internal tools for the department employees with PHP and PostgreSQL.

Education

  • Tampere University of Technology, Computer science 2006 2017
    Degree: Unfinished

  • Pälkäne High School 2003 2006