Resume
Vesa Haaparanta
Chief Engineer, Virtual Systems at Patria Land Oy
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland5+ years
Skills
Software EngineerDevOps EngineerFrontend DeveloperBackend DeveloperGame DeveloperMobile DeveloperSoftware DeveloperUI/UX Designer3D modellerOpen to work
PythonMakefileTypeScriptJavaScript
AndroidDockerGodotJupyterNext.jsPythonRaspberry Pi PicoReactTypeScript
Experience
Defence
Aug 2025 – PresentTampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Software Developer
Feb 2024 – Jul 2025Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
IT Consultant / System Engineer / Software Developer
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
- Worked at client Patria Aviation Oy
- Transitioned to direct employment at Patria Aviation Oy at end of assignment
Full Stack Developer
Nov 2022 – Dec 2022Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
- Worked on the Penna project (services.fsd.tuni.fi/penna) including backend development with SQL
- Full stack development with jQuery, Pyramid, HTML, and CSS
- Conducted usability testing and heuristic evaluations
UX Researcher
Sep 2022 – Nov 2022Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
- Course project for HTI.300 Usability Evaluation Methods
- Heuristic evaluation, usability testing, and user interviews
Software Developer
Jun 2022 – Oct 2022Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
- Processed and validated XML with Python
- Re-produced and redesigned over a dozen legacy programs
- Migrated version control from Mercurial to GitLab
- Built comprehensive test suites for legacy and new applications
Software & Game Simulation Developer
Jul 2021 – Mar 2022Säkylä, Satakunta, Finland
- Designed and implemented new features for simulators
- Organized training for hundreds of conscripts and soldiers
- Improved simulation performance and investigated bugs
- Created and maintained documentation; tested simulation functionality and gameplay
Earlier experience — Apetit Oyj (2015–2021)
Seasonal factory and maintenance roles during summers.
Factory WorkerMaintenance Mechanic
Education
Master of Science (MSc), Information Technology
Advanced studies in software, web and cloud technologies
FinlandBachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology
Advanced studies in software, web and cloud technologies
Finland