Veli-Pekka Nurmi

Senior Software Developer at Nitor

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

About

15+ years of experience building and evolving digital products across public sector, energy, telecom, and SaaS domains. Experienced in roles ranging from full-stack developer to technical product owner, working closely with designers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams. Strong hands-on background in modern web development combined with product thinking: shaping requirements, designing system architecture, and delivering maintainable solutions that balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints. Operates with a Product Engineer mindset: taking responsibility from problem definition to implementation and iteration in production. Comfortable in complex domains and long-lived systems, with a pragmatic approach to architecture and delivery. Actively uses AI-augmented and spec-driven workflows to accelerate design, coding, and validation while maintaining high quality. --- Full-Stack Development (React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js) · Product Ownership · AI-Augmented Development · System Design · Solution Architecture · Agile Collaboration · SaaS & private-sector companies & Public Sector Solutions

Experience

  • Senior Software Developer at Nitor
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

  • Twoday (3 yrs)
    • Full-stack Developer
      Oct 2025 - Jan 2026 · 4 mos

      - Architected flexible component and validation logic for evolving configurations. - Developed dynamic configuration UI for energy-network device management using schema-driven forms.

    • Technical Product Owner
      May 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      - Lead contract-monitoring system redevelopment supporting multi-modal transport models. - Defined roadmap, manages backlog, and guides a ten-member international team. - Introduced RBAC, UX redesign, and scalable architecture improvements.

    • Team Lead
      Feb 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Internal role within the Twoday organization, concurrent with consulting assignments. - Facilitating connection between the organization and consultants.

  • Head of R&D at SaaShop
    Aug 2021 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Successfully led development of SaaS marketplace in a start-up (ARR 1.4M €), resulting in increased customer volumes, while reducing incident tickets from customers. Served as the product owner and manager for a 5-member R&D team. The company secured seed funding from a VC and initiated its expansion into the US, which we enabled through our convincing performance.

  • Software Developer at Solidabis Oy
    Jan 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Consultant at Elisa, which provides telecommunications and digital services. Working with a B2B self-service portal called OmaElisa. Implemented features, such as showcasing campaign pricing throughout the purchase process and other functionalities for managing subscriptions.

  • Software Developer at Capgemini
    Nov 2019 - Dec 2019 · 2 mos

    I worked as a Java consultant at the Swedish Pension Service Center as a system developer for the Finnish Centre for Pensions.