I am a software engineer (Finnish citizen, originally from Iran) with over a decade of backend and full-stack development experience. I am passionate about cloud infrastructure, scalable system design, and emerging AI technologies. I am currently exploring agentic AI, autonomous systems, and building intelligent agents. I enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring, and building reliable digital services at scale. In my free time, I like to spend time with my family, read books and bake cakes.

Vahid Piroozbakht

I am a software engineer (Finnish citizen, originally from Iran) with over a decade of backend and full-stack development experience. I am passionate about cloud infrastructure, scalable system design, and emerging AI technologies. I am currently exploring agentic AI, autonomous systems, and building intelligent agents. I enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring, and building reliable digital services at scale. In my free time, I like to spend time with my family, read books and bake cakes.

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I am a software engineer (Finnish citizen, originally from Iran) with over a decade of backend and full-stack development experience. I am passionate about cloud infrastructure, scalable system design, and emerging AI technologies. I am currently exploring agentic AI, autonomous systems, and building intelligent agents. I enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring, and building reliable digital services at scale.

In my free time, I like to spend time with my family, read books and bake cakes.

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Language

Persian
Fluent
English
Advanced
Finnish
Intermediate

Work Experience

Senior Back-end Engineer at S-Group (SOK)
February 1, 2021 - Present
Design and develop cloud-native backend services powering S-Mobiili; deliver end-to-end features from architecture discussions to implementation, testing, and production deployment; ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and performance with Spring Boot, AWS, and Dockerized microservices; maintain internal APIs used by about 2 million end-users across Finland’s largest retail group; manage observability, alerting, and diagnostics with Splunk and GitLab pipelines; participate in peer reviews, incident resolution, and continuous improvement of DevOps workflows.
Back-end Engineer at Tori.fi, Schibsted
November 1, 2019 - February 1, 2021
Worked on backend services for Finland’s most visited online marketplace; implemented a new search engine using Go and Elasticsearch to improve result relevance, performance, and user experience; developed and maintained microservices deployed on AWS (ECS, EC2, S3, CF), integrated with PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch; contributed to API development, internal tooling, and backend logic to support product discovery and content management; ensured service reliability and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch; collaborated with cross-functional teams for feature rollouts, A/B testing, and system monitoring.
Software Developer at PAF
August 1, 2018 - November 1, 2019
Developed software across backend systems, focusing on scalable infrastructure and improving core functionality; contributed to service reliability and code quality.
Unity Developer at Ataverti
May 1, 2018 - June 1, 2018
Developed Unity-based features for mixed reality or game-related projects; collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver robust game/application components.
Back-end Developer at Playmore Games (Dized)
September 1, 2017 - September 1, 2017
Contributed backend development for game-related services; implemented features and integrated with the product roadmap.
Back-end Developer at Enpse-Group (Voimada)
November 1, 2016 - June 1, 2017
Designed and implemented backend components for Voimada platform; improved service reliability and scalability.
Developer at Nord Software (Digia Plc)
June 1, 2016 - August 1, 2016
Software development on various backend initiatives; contributed to product development and code quality.
Teacher at Ministry of Education, Iran
October 1, 2010 - December 1, 2015
Taught computer science and software engineering concepts within the national education system.
Undergraduate Lecturer (Part-time) at University of Applied Science / Payame Noor University
January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2014
Delivered undergraduate lectures as part-time faculty.
Full Stack Developer at Zagros Star Co.
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2011
Full stack development across frontend and backend systems.

Education

M.S., Software Engineering at Iran Azad University (IAU)
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026
B.S., Software Engineering at Iran Azad University (IAU)
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Retail, Education, Media & Entertainment

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