Lauri Suoperä
Senior full-stack developer
Turku, Finland
Profile
Most of my career has been spent taking web projects from an unclear brief to a working service. I have worked as a full-stack developer since 2007, building everything from campaign sites and e-commerce to booking systems, internal tools, 3D experiences, and applied AI. Agency work has taught me to move between technologies, clients, and levels of ambiguity without losing sight of what the project actually needs.
Experience
Senior Developer
Drama Queen Communications, Turku
Nov 2011 to present
The same agency was previously known as Mainostoimisto Satumaa and SFB Agency.
- Build and maintain web services, application programming interfaces (APIs), integrations, campaigns, e-commerce, e-learning platforms, and internal tools across a wide range of client work.
- Served for about three years as Head of Digital Solutions from 2019, leading a cross-functional team of up to nine people, unblocking delivery, and making architecture decisions.
- Work directly with clients and colleagues to turn business needs into a scope that can be built and maintained.
Selected work
- Villada, Mökkivuokra, and Hideout Villas: Booking, payment, and property-management systems developed across a client partnership that began in 2017.
- Airam GenAI Assist: Generative AI prototypes that used product data and tool calling to test conversational product search and recommendations. Automated scenarios compared model output and data quality.
- Cricket Design Your Own: A product configurator with 3D rendering and a custom backend API.
- Kiss My Turku: Backend and location-data system for a site that won Gold and Best UI Design at the Finnish Web Awards in 2020.
Web Developer
Tietokonekauppa.fi / SH-GROUP, Turku
2007 to Nov 2011
- Rebuilt and developed the company webshop.
- Created inventory, invoicing, accounting, and internal sales systems for day-to-day use.
Skills
- Frontend
- React, TypeScript, Next.js, Vite, Three.js, WebGL, WebAR
- Backend
- Node.js, PHP, Laravel, MySQL, HTTP APIs
- Platforms
- WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, Drupal, Webflow, Optimizely
- Infrastructure
- Cloudflare Workers, Pages, D1 and KV, Vercel, deployment tooling
- AI and automation
- Large language model APIs, tool calling, Model Context Protocol servers, evaluation, workflow automation
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
Digital Media, Turku University of Applied Sciences, 2008
Vocational Qualification in Business Information Technology
Novida Vocational Institute, 2003
Languages
- Finnish: native
- English: fluent, used daily at work
- Swedish: basics
Using this experience for good
I can occasionally help a charity or nonprofit with a small, clearly owned technical problem. The invitation is on the About page.