Kai Kousa
Head Of Engineering at Epassi
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolKai Kousa is a Helsinki-based Head of Engineering with 18 years of experience building cloud-native platforms, leading cross-functional teams, and shipping resilient SaaS systems. At Epassi he now oversees global platform development and shapes strategic R&D initiatives, after scaling teams and AWS infrastructure at Hintsa and earlier Alma Media. He combines hands-on engineering—microservices, DevOps and AWS—with people leadership, talent development and process improvements that boost team autonomy and delivery quality. Kai also partners as a tech advisor to small startups, architecting cost-effective product landscapes and implementing the first microservices and automation for lean R&D budgets. Known for pragmatic tooling (e.g., internal sprint/Jira automations) and improving pull-request and review processes, he brings an operator’s mindset to both startups and established organizations. Fluent in guiding multicultural teams, he focuses on measurable impact: faster sprints, clearer technical tasks, and reliable production systems.
18 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Software Development, Bachelor of Engineering Software Development at Helsingin Ammattikorkeakoulu Stadia
English, Finnish
Github Skills (18)
ansible-module9
python8
ansible8
ssh7
ansible-role6
automation6
circleci5
testing5
packer4
network-configuration4
nodejs4
gamepad4
docker3
elasticsearch3
npm3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kaikousa/hello-api
Jul 2016 - Mar 2023
A tiny hello-world app for testing out deployments etc.
Contributions:33 commits, 21 PRs, 32 pushes in 6 years 8 months
testing
kaikousa/node-gamepad
Oct 2019 - Apr 2023
node-gamepad is a package for node that allows you to effortlessly interface your node applications with a variety of gamepad controllers.
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 6 months
gamepadcontrollersnodejsnpmvariety
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