Nikke Leskelä
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ABOUT ME
+10 years of professional experience with developing for the web.
+10 years of professional experience with developing for the web.
I've grown up with the web as my main creative outlet since I was 10 years old. I've learned from the ground up, so I can confidently call myself a more senior developer for everything related to the web (HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc.)
From the back-end side of things, I'm well-versed in Node.js, Ruby, Python, SQL and a bunch of Unix-side dev-ops stuff.
I know that "full-stack" developers can be seen as some sort of mythical creatures that don't really exist, but I'd say I get pretty close to being one.
My latest love interests in development are in the realm of serverless computing, and in the last few years I've gathered vast amounts of knowledge on how to best set up low-maintenance architectures using modern service providers (AWS, Netlify, Vercel, FaunaDB etc.)
I've been part of small to medium sized development teams as a team member and a team leader in well over 25 different projects from duration of 1 to 24 months.
Helsinki (+03:00)
Joined September 2020
EXPERTISE
5 years experience
I've worked with JavaScript for years, so getting aboard the Typescript "hype" was a bit tough initially. Once onboard, it's really hard ...
I've worked with JavaScript for years, so getting aboard the Typescript "hype" was a bit tough initially. Once onboard, it's really hard to ignore the benefits of well written typed code over dynamically typed JavaScript. Not for everything of course, but comes with great maintenance related benefits for larger projects
5 years experience | 1 endorsement
I've been riding the Vue train from pretty much the beginning of it. Really loving the simple plug-and-play approach and generally more d...
I've been riding the Vue train from pretty much the beginning of it. Really loving the simple plug-and-play approach and generally more developer & designer friendly touch Vue brings to the modern JavaScript framework scene.
4 years experience
React is great and powerful framework when used correctly. I've gotten way better at architecting software in a more functional way and u...
React is great and powerful framework when used correctly. I've gotten way better at architecting software in a more functional way and using components through the use of React.
8 years experience
I've been bulding relational databases for as long as I can remember. These days I generally go with Postgresql when I have a choice, but...
I've been bulding relational databases for as long as I can remember. These days I generally go with Postgresql when I have a choice, but can easily navigate in the worlds of MySQL and SQLite as well.
20 years experience
Foundational technology for the web that I consider myself an expert in and actively keep up with development of.
Foundational technology for the web that I consider myself an expert in and actively keep up with development of.
10 years experience
Foundational technology for the web that I consider myself an expert in and actively keep up with development of.
Foundational technology for the web that I consider myself an expert in and actively keep up with development of.
7 years experience
I've used Node.js and the vast ecosystem around it for a lot of different projects. These days I tend to avoid it in new projects when po...
I've used Node.js and the vast ecosystem around it for a lot of different projects. These days I tend to avoid it in new projects when possible, since there's often a better alternative around.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(4 reviews)
Jill Thomas
February 2021
Nikke is great at helping to understand the problem and the needed solution. I will definitely work with him again.
Joe Thomas
October 2020
Fantastic working with him. Very nice, straightforward and efficient.
EMPLOYMENTS
Founder & Tech Lead
Saavu Oy
2018-01-01-Present
Building modern technology for event attendance management. Team leader and technical founder.
Building modern technology for event attendance management. Team leader and technical founder.
PostgreSQL
TypeScript
React
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PostgreSQL
TypeScript
React
JavaScript
Serverless
Next.js
Nuxt.js
Vue.js
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Founding Partner
A8 Entertainment Finland Oy
2016-01-01-2019-07-01
I led the building of technology solutions for making it manageable to handle communication and payments of over 20 000 finnish high-scho...
I led the building of technology solutions for making it manageable to handle communication and payments of over 20 000 finnish high-school students traveling abroad for 3 years. All this was successfully done with the limited resources of a small core team and a bunch of volunteers.
HTML/CSS
Node.js
PostgreSQL
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HTML/CSS
Node.js
PostgreSQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Vue.js
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Senior Software Engineer
Weave BCE
2016-12-01-2018-12-01
I worked as a senior software consultant in multiple different customer projects. Mostly web development work involving HTML, CSS, JavaSc...
I worked as a senior software consultant in multiple different customer projects. Mostly web development work involving HTML, CSS, JavaScript and various modern frameworks (AngularJS, Angular 2, Vue, React)
HTML/CSS
Angular
PostgreSQL
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HTML/CSS
Angular
PostgreSQL
React
JavaScript
AWS Lambda
Serverless
Vue.js
Angular 2
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