Mikhail Timofeev
Software Engineer, DevOps


mikko.timofeev@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/mikko-timofeev | gitlab.com/mikko-timofeev |
github.com/mikko-timofeev | Helsinki, Finland


Professional Summary

  Mikhail Timofeev (Mikko), a multi-disciplinary software artist with integration specialist skillset.
  Expertise: development and support of web applications, SEO, internal tooling, CI/CD, infrastructure
  configs, cross-platform apps, Linux administration, containers. Passionate about modern tech, eager to
  share ideas and prototype. 7+ years of production experience.

Technical Skills
  - Code: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Ruby, Python, C#, Rust
  - Frontend: React, HTML5, CSS3, Svelte, Slint
  - Backend & protocols: Node, Rails, Websockets, service workers
  - Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL, Sqlite
  - DevOps & cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins
  - Ways of working: Git, Jira, Agile/Scrum, rapid prototyping

Experience

  Software Engineer | Koponen+Hildén | Remote | Jan 2026 - Jan 2026 (1 month)
  Industry: Information Design
    - regex modifying DOCX documents with Python
    - produced native apps for Windows, MacOS and Linux with Nuitka
    - reached the target production goal within a month

  Software Engineer | Töölön Pyörä | Helsinki, Finland | Dec 2025 - currently
  Industry: Bike service Shop
    - BikeDesk: point of sale and inventory tracking system
    - reduction of paper use from extensive to essential only
    - digitalising existing/archival paperwork

  Software Engineer | Elekta Kaiku | Helsinki, Finland | Oct 2023 - Jul 2025 (2 years)
  Industry: Medical devices
    - reduced dev environment setup time by 25% saving on average 1.5h for new team members
    - decoupled 3 microservices from legacy monolithic app
    - eliminated manual project configuration step by introducing a automated env file generator with
    1password integration for project

  Full-stack Developer | Sympa | Lahti, Finland | Aug 2022 - Jul 2023 (11 months)
  Industry: HR platform
    - contributed to rebasing legacy codebase for new production site
    - gained experience with Azure, passed certification

  Software Engineer | Swappie | Helsinki, Finland | Mar 2022 - Jun 2022 (4 months)
  Industry: Recycling old electronics
    - promoted containerised approach for application debugging (against bare-metal setup approach)
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Education

  Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology | 2014 - 2018
  South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences


Certificates
  Microsoft Certified Professional:
    - Windows Operating System Fundamentals
    - Networking Fundamentals
    - AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
  Cisco Certified Professional:
    - CCNA Routing and Switching
    - CCNA Security
  Linux Professional Institute:
    - NDG Linux Essentials
  - Google Drive: https://v.gd/0wj2Xp


Languages
  English - Proficient (C2)
  Finnish - Basic (A2)
  German - Beginner (A1)

Featured Projects
  - xPlatform. Flexible app framework written in Rust+Slint compiling lightweight native apps to multiple
    platforms from shared codebase. Early but fully functional prototype with support of Linux, MacOS,
    Windows and Android as tested targets: https://gitlab.com/mikko-timofeev/xPlatform
  - "Real-time chat". My summer research project on censorship circumvention via proxies and decoy
    broadcasting, traffic mimicry using Rust and Svelte: https://gitlab.com/mikko-timofeev/real-time--chat
  - Mini-map. Indoor navigation using triangulation via Bluetooth beacons and WiFi access points as a
    cross-platform Tauri app: https://gitlab.com/mini-map/mini-map.gitlab.io

Publications
  - Continuous integration – the enterprise strategy: Development of Maven plugin, promotion of an
    algorithm (Bachelor’s thesis): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018060312126

Licenses And Permits
  - driving license: type B
  - Finnish work permit (Schengen): type A

Additional Resources
  - Web-portfolio: https://mikko-timofeev.gitlab.io/en/cv


References available upon request.