Riku Laajala

Full Stack Developer

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Who?

I'm a Full Stack Developer based in the Tampere region, Finland. I have experience of building interactive web-applications. I am capable of designing and implementing features across the stack — from the browser, down to the database level.

I appreciate coherent, clean design — both visually and technically. Lately, I've been especially interested in functional programming and systems architecture..

Tools

Technologies I'm familiar with:

I have most experience in building things with JavaScript/Typescript (React) and PHP (Laravel).

Work History

2017 - Present

Meiko Oy

Developer

I work extensively with both front- and backend technologies developing single-page and server-rendered web applications as well as designing and implementing REST API's and microservices.

Education

2015 - 2019

Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Engineering

Projects

Eräopas Pro logo

EräopasPro

Elixir + Phoenix -web application

A free-to-play educational app (available only in Finnish) designed to help users discover and learn about the different species of Finland.

The user interface was built with Phoenix LiveView, allowing most front-end logic to be implemented directly in Elixir. This approach worked well for a simple application like this one, making it faster to build new features without needing a separate API or front-end framework.

Check it out!

Touch of Eternity logo

Minimalist brochure site for a Finnish melodic death metal band, built with Next.js.

Take a listen!