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Ramon Brand

Senior Software Engineer

Finland

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About

Skilled and motivated agile Software Developer, Technical Lead and Entrepreneur.

Having working in many diverse and international software projects, I possess a broad skill set ranging from DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure, fullstack development with ReactJS and NodeJS, down to low level algorithms and graphics programming with Vulkan in Rust.

I strive to not only produce exceptional code, but encourage my team to produce exceptional code alongside me. My guiding principle is 'Lead by Example'.

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Experience

Business Owner / Software Engineer

Entrepreneur - Helsinki, Finland

Mar 2022 - Present

  • Started own software sole proprietorship.
  • Developing a fullstack visually extensive data driven web tool.
  • Managing all business operations including accounting, marketing and legal.
Reaktor

Senior Software Engineer / DevOps

Reaktor - Helsinki, Finland

May 2018 - Present

  • Senior Software Engineer responsible for developing next-generation customer facing solutions for clients.
  • Responsible for the design, development and on time completion of features.
  • Leading through a lead-by-example model.
  • Engineering solutions in accordance with best-in-class industry standards.
  • Encouraging teamwork through agile project management.
  • Collaborating with other developers, designers and other peers regarding both engineering and non-engineering matters.
  • Facilitating retrospectives, dailies and planning sessions to ensure timely delivery.
  • Encouraging and fostering a healthy learning environment for my peers.
  • Performing code reviews and quality assurance for peer written code.
  • Deploying, monitoring and debugging large scale, multi-million user production systems.
  • Discovering and innovating next-generation solutions to complex problems.
Sok

Senior Software Engineer

Reaktor - SOK Finland - mTLS Devices

Feb 2024 - Present

  • Taking initiative and leading investigative efforts to clearly define and understand end-user’s requirements.
  • Working both independently and collaboratively with a senior team of engineers and designers.
  • Coordinating interfaces between frontend and backend APIs.
  • Encouraging and moving the project towards a more mature and best-practice industry standard architecture.

Lead Algorithm Developer

Reaktor - SOK Finland - Logistics

Feb 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Designing and implementing low level, high performance logistics optimization algorithms.
  • Leading technical decision making in a specialized area of knowledge.
  • Facilitating team work in a large cross-domain team.

Finnish National Service

Technical Support and Customer Service

Nov 2021 - Nov 2022

Backend Developer

Reaktor - SOK Finland - Staff Management

May 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Developing a GraphQL API to a PostgreSQL database.
  • Managing database migrations.
  • Designing solutions for sourcing data from multiple external sources.
  • Facilitating teamwork through agile project management.
  • Managing cloud infrastructure with AWS.

Algorithm Developer

Reaktor - SOK Finland - Logistics

Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

  • Started a greenfield project autonomously to which I then returned to in 2023.
  • Designing and developing high performance algorithms.
  • Implementing spatial data optimization algorithms.
  • Working independently as the main responsible person on the project.
Adidas

Backend Integration Engineer

Reaktor - Adidas - Checkout

May 2020 - Nov 2020

  • Coordinating multinational, cross-site teams.
  • Facilitating inter-team communication and alignment.
  • Integrating backend e-commerce payment methods.

Backend Software Engineer

Reaktor - Adidas - Checkout

Sep 2019 - May 2020

  • Integrating a wide variety of global payment methods for adidas’ e-commerce.
  • Working in a large multicultural inter-connected team where coordination and project management is critical.
  • Ensuring high quality features by working closely alongside QA team members.
HMD

DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure Developer

Reaktor - HMD Nokia Phones

Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

  • Managing entire Nokia Phones web shop's cloud infrastructure serving a very large number of users.
  • Taking sole responsibility for project’s cloud infrastructure.
  • Working with both direct resources and ‘infrastructure as code’.
  • Using supplementary technologies such as Ansible, Jenkins and Terraform.

Junior Fullstack Developer

Reaktor - HMD Nokia Phones

May 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Developing both frontend and backend of Nokia Phones web shop.
  • Working in a fast paced agile team.
  • Integrating and managing content through Contentful CMS.
  • Designing and implementing an optimized mini fuzzy search engine.
  • Using technologies such as React and NodeJS.

Education

Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Engineering - Software Engineering

Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences - Helsinki, Finland

Aug 2015 - May 2019

  • Completed a course focusing on the details and application of advanced functional programming techniques in Scala.
  • Completed a course focusing on linux server administration and cyber security.
  • Completed a course dedicated to understanding the workflow and intricacies of mobile development on Android.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Greenfield High School - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sep 2011 - May 2013

  • Completed my two year diploma with a higher level subject attainment in Information Technology in a Global Society.

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