Alex Kivekäs
Software developer
Software developer
When: June - October 2022
Tech: NodeJS, Python
Description: Web scraper (puppeteer) plus Machine Learning.
Set of scripts to load data from Oikotie houses and then to run Regression on the data
in order to figure out pricing model around housing.
Final report then brings top 10 options to check.
"When you are too lazy to check 100 options =)"
When: October 2020 - September 2022
Tech: NodeJS, MongoDB, Google oAuth
Description: Using Olympics athletes data, the app
finds a sport based on person's height and weight, in which you would be
an average representative, thus having easier time to start with.
"Statistics is your ally"
When: January - April 2021
Tech: JavaScript, Discord, STT/TTS
Description: Next iteration of Home Pi (Raspberry PI) project.
A Chatbot usable via Discord or Speech recognition locally running website.
Able to control TV and send reminders to Discord.
Speech recognition is activated by volume level in oppose to activation word.
"At my service"
When: February - March 2019
Tech: NodeJS
Description: Lean and customizable in-memory cache. Allows to restrict cache in size as well as time. Provides different replacement strategies
"Keep the cache under full control"
When: April - June 2016
Tech: JavScript, Node-RED, Kodi, Wunderlist API & Mobile client, Trello API
Description: Digital content assistant & media center based on Raspberry Pi.
Few interval jobs to check content from various sites, e.g. new Film trailers at comingsoon.net
and send notifications to Mobile via Wunderlist about new tv-series.
When: March - May 2014
Tech: Java Spring / Hibernate, MySQL
Description: Java web application to conduct small tests and multiple-choice based exams
in schools and universities. Quizzium is devoted to an idea of easier life for all, students and teachers.
For student it is possibility to see results immediately, whereas for teacher it is great assistance for evaluating and checking tests.
5892 Cups of coffee
8 Large scale projects
61 Pizzas consumed
Musti Group, Retail
Solutions architect
2023 - present
OP Financial Group, Banking
Lead developer
2022 - 2023
IBM Finland, Consulting
Application architect
2014 - 2022
| Programming | JavaScript, Python, PHP, Java |
| Platforms | Kubernetes, Openshift, Docker Swarm |
| AWS, IBM Cloud, Google cloud platform | |
| Middleware | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, CouchDB |
| Redis, Apache Kafka, Red Hat AMQ | |
| Analysis and design | UML, BPMN, C4 |
Bachelor of Business Administration
Haaga-Helia UAS - Helsinki
2012 - 2015
| 02/2022 | Registered Product Owner |
| 07/2020 | Google Cloud Platform - Application developer (Coursera) |
| 09/2019 | Red Hat Openshift specialist |
| 04/2016 | Scrum master |
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