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Senior Software Engineer Toni Kangas took a delightfully unconventional path into the world of code. While studying a completely different field, Toni stumbled into a course assistant gig for C++ programming. And just like that, a spark ignited. Coding felt natural. After a few summer programming jobs, it became clear: programming opportunities far outnumbered those […]

Our Sales Lead and Senior Account Executive Jannika Jokinen landed in sales almost by accident. Growing up with entrepreneurial parents, she was always immersed in a sales-driven environment, even tagging along to her parents’ workplaces as a kid. It turns out, this early exposure stuck. Despite studying marketing management and initially envisioning a career as […]

Dive into the story behind UpCloud’s Terraform Provider with Ville Vesilehto, Lead Product Manager at UpCloud. Grab a coffee and get reading! As someone who’s been involved with the UpCloud Terraform Provider from its inception to its current state, I want to share the journey of how a weekend project evolved into an essential tool […]

Helena Rivas joined UpCloud’s IaaS team two years ago as a Senior Software Engineer. Originally from Uruguay, she has lived in Finland for over 17 years. Her rich experience in development and operations positions is accompanied by an 8-year career as a research scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. After being a researcher […]

We are extremely pleased to welcome Helena Telaranta as our new Chief People and Culture Officer at UpCloud. Previously, Helena has been working in global HR leadership roles in industrial, tech, and professional services, such as Wärtsilä, Qt Group, and Deloitte. Joining our team in April 2024, Helena’s experience in different growth environments, as well […]

Well-being, joy, and work-life balance are highly valued at UpCloud. People who feel good at work create a great company such as ours. That’s why our offices, after-work activities, and benefits are tailored to our people’s wishes and promote health and good work-life balance. Join us in a conversation with Sini Luukkanen, Senior HR Manager […]

UpCloud is delighted to announce the appointment of Teemu Toppola as our new Head of Product, effective September 1st, 2023. Teemu joined UpCloud in 2021 as a Team Coach, advancing to Head of Engineering by early 2022. Having excelled in his roles over the past two years, Teemu was promoted to the role of Head […]

UpCloud has appointed Lauri Ikonen as the company’s Chief Strategy and Operating Officer. Ikonen, who took the position on August 1st, has more than 15 years of leadership experience in service and project businesses at Google and ABB, among others. Ikonen will focus on UpCloud’s growth and scaling the company’s operations.  “I have kept an […]

Building a successful product requires a customer-centric approach, agile ways of working, and cross-team collaboration.  The UpCloud Orchestration Team has been doing just that recently, ahead of the launch of UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes (UKS). We talked to Ville Vesilehto, a Product Owner in the Orchestration Team, to ask all about the product creation journey. As […]