Ramon Brand
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'.
Blog
- Category Theory Type Classes in Scala 3
Looking into the Type Classes that are based on category theory
- Type Classes, Givens and Extensions in Scala 3
Introduction to Type Classes, Givens and Extensions in Scala 3
- Secure Shell Tunneling
A quick tip on how you can access remote web servers through ssh
Experience
Business Owner / Software Engineer
Entrepreneur
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.
Senior Software Engineer / DevOps
Reaktor
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.
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 path-finding algorithms.
- Improving client’s logistical efficiency through optimization of spacial data.
- Working independently as the main responsible person on the project.
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 were critical.
- Ensuring high quality features by working closely alongside QA team members.
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
Bachelor of Engineering - Software Engineering
Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
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
Sep 2011 - May 2013
- Completed my two year diploma with a higher level subject attainment in Information Technology in a Global Society.
Selected Projects
Skills
Languages
Frontend
Backend
Others
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