Otso Hellman

Background

About Otso Hellman

I’m a software engineer passionate about building great products that users can fall in love with. I’ve worked in various roles and companies ranging from startups to enterprises, focusing on modern full-stack engineering. In my daily work I might collaborate with team members to build features, talk to users, work on architecture or data modelling, implement performance improvements, refactor old services, or ship bug fixes. Beyond product work, I contribute to my teams in ways such as driving improvements in ways of working, conducting technical interviews, or mentoring junior colleagues. My past colleagues have described me as a team player who is proactive, takes ownership, and is able to deliver high-quality results regardless of tight deadlines. I take personal pride in caring for my colleagues and users and going the extra mile for them. Technology agnostic per se, but most experienced working with react & next, typescript/javascript, node, python & fastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS, using modern software engineering practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, IaC, trunk-based development, and so on.