Timo Huovinen
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Golang Senior Software Engineer at Vitrifi
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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Senior Backend EngineerChecklyMar 2026 - Current (7 months)- Technical Team LeadVitrifiSep 2024 - Jan 2026 (1 year 5 months)- Led backend engineering for a Go-based distributed system, guiding architecture, setting technical direction, and mentoring engineers to elevate code quality. - Served as the go-to expert for complex production issues across Golang APIs, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, NATS, Temporal, GRPC and GraphQL, improving system stability and resilience. - Improved performance and reliability by optimising database usage, resolving scaling bottlenecks, and shaping effective cluster configuration and monitoring practices. - Strengthened the automated testing ecosystem with Playwright, reducing flakiness and enabling dependable end-to-end validation in CI and staging environments. - Provided technical leadership for new product initiatives, defining backend arc
- Senior Software EngineerVitrifiOct 2022 - Jan 2026 (3 years 4 months)
- Senior Software EngineerDeliverooAug 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 2 months)- Resolved timezone and commission-rate issues across internal reporting and administration systems. - Containerised the core Ruby application using Docker and maintained the white-label customer website. - Contributed to the Restaurants API and broader microservices ecosystem. - Served as a core team member for the external developer portal, including implementing OIDC authentication and OAuth2 authorization. - Supported the organisation’s adoption of AWS API Gateway and its associated authentication workflows. Go, Ruby, JS, SQL, Typescript, React
- Senior Software EngineerLineTenMar 2019 - Aug 2021 (2 years 6 months)High performance solution architect PHP, Go, JS, SQL
- FFull Stack (PHP/JS) DeveloperJun 2015 - Feb 2019 (3 years 9 months)Removed over 6 million lines of code and added over 5 million lines, focusing on performance optimization and issue fixing. Developed and implemented creative solutions for planning and website architecture, including Trello and Google Calendar integrations, SSO, and email synchronization. Refactored the entire model system and repaired/optimized the company's home-built CRM, improving overall efficiency and functionality. Created multiple tools and systems such as a sales team performance tracker, a university name matching algorithm, and a lead import wizard. Designed and deployed a custom seminar system, a company WordPress plugin, and managed nginx URL rewrite rules and setup.
- AFull Stack Developer (Contractor)Anagara S.LJan 2011 - Jan 2015 (4 years 1 month)Front end redesign on JS Back end development on PHP and Node.js Full unicode support and transition Split site into dedicated sections for industries Fixed urls to be canonical, removed hundreds of thousands of duplicates Created a custom configurable web scraper and content synchronization Revamped the admin control panel Custom Markdown Solution for content writers Custom block based content editor implementation Modular content display solution Social network integration
- FExperimentationFun StuffJan 2007 - Jan 2011 (4 years 1 month)2011 – Sitepoint HTML/CSS3 competition Winners (My entry got 2nd place) 2010 – CSS Only Minesweeper 2009 – Pure CSS dropdown navigation menu that works in ie5.5+ Created a minecraft bot in Lua Worked on a custom framework for years as a pet project until it dissolved into components Image compression and resizing class in PHP GD and one in Electron Ported jQuery to PHP (Proper port, not like phpQuery) Youtube video playlist downloader (To re-add deleted videos)
- FFreelance Web DeveloperFreelance Self-EmployedJan 2007 - Jan 2011 (4 years 1 month)Contact RPG website (Board game) Community driven logo design portal (Never finished) Multiple Real estate websites Odd jobs fixing or refactoring customers websites Nightclub portal (Written from scratch in notepad++... bad idea) Website for a boutique Website a telecommunications company
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- master, Master's degree, Computer ScienceHeriot-Watt UniversityJan 2025 - Current (1 year 9 months)