Software Engineer / Full stack

Broad product engineering.Sharp system thinking.

I work across frontend, backend, APIs, integrations, checkout, payments, data, and platform systems. AI-assisted tools are part of that workflow from research and planning through implementation, debugging, testing, and review.

Experience
11+ years
Background
Ecommerce & SaaS
Current signal
Agents, ML & tooling
Connected product engineering systemA conceptual system map connecting commerce, interfaces, APIs, data, integrations, and current agent tooling around Aki Ovaska's portfolio mark.

Selected work

A few representative systems

Three examples of the product and engineering work behind the broader experience.

All case studies
MERCHANT APPLICATIONCATALOGORDERSCUSTOMERSCHANNELSSHARED DOMAIN SERVICESASYNC

Merchant commerce platform

Long-running full-stack work across the merchant application, shared services, and the operations behind an online business.

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ACCOUNTMARKETPLACECOMMERCEDISCOVERPURCHASEGRANT

Marketplace platform

A multi-vendor marketplace built as a headless storefront, with its own purchase and entitlement path across three systems.

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CATALOGLIQUIDXMLJSONCSVTEXTDELIVERYSCHEDULED REFRESH

Product feed system

A configurable syndication system that turns catalog data into destination-specific feeds on a schedule.

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Career evolution

Several generations of product development

From PHP storefronts and merchant tools to API-driven products, headless commerce, and AI-assisted engineering.

  1. 01

    Early web stack

    PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, storefronts, and themes.

  2. 02

    Application frontend

    Angular and Vue applications, shared UI foundations, and merchant workflows.

  3. 03

    API-driven systems

    REST, GraphQL, OAuth, integrations, checkout, and background processing.

  4. 04

    Modern full stack

    TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, headless storefronts, GraphQL, and cloud services.

  5. 05

    Current workflow

    AI-assisted engineering, agent workflows, context, retrieval, and developer tooling.

Currently exploring

Questions I have open right now

Practical questions around agents, retrieval, evaluation, tool protocols, agentic commerce, and ML/data work.

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Next step

Interested in working together?

If my experience looks relevant to your team, I'd be happy to talk.