Arttu Mäkelä – Stability Engineer

“These 7 months have passed quickly at Profilence. If I had to pinpoint one thing that has surprised me about working here, it would be how little stress I've felt. The work has flowed with ease and I've received good feedback." 

"I usually prefer to work at the office, although we have the option to stay at home on Mondays and Fridays. The job itself is very close to what I'd imagined and I enjoy it. I also enjoy speaking English with our international customers – we work in a hybrid language setting, using both English and Finnish on a daily basis," Arttu says.

Arttu goes on to explain how the best thing about working at the office is that he gets to see his co-workers. Besides the nice chats he has with people during breaks, he feels like he can always get help from his co-workers when he needs it. The atmosphere is relaxed.

When asked how Arttu would describe Profilence's work culture, he replies, "Trust. They trust me to do my job."

"I think small companies, like ours, might offer smoother career paths than large ones, although I haven't given that much thought to my career path yet. Perhaps I'd like to lead a team one day, but right now I'm happy with what I'm currently working on," Arttu says.

"I definitely see possibilities to hone my programming skills here,” he notes, adding that he’d like to learn to be even more convincing when interacting with customers. Arttu ponders that this is something that only experience can bring.

“Sometimes you don't see the solution to a particular software problem straight away, but you learn by doing and figure it out. You research it and come back later with a suggestion."

According to Arttu, there’s no limit to how good you can become at your work at Profilence.

"The growth potential for a newcomer here is pretty endless, if only you have the motivation. I believe the programming skills I'm learning here will be useful to me in the future. I get to see where coders, even excellent ones, who deliver software to clients' devices, have gone wrong and how it should have been done, instead. Seeing real-life mistakes means you can learn from them."

"When there's a bug, it's not ideal for the customer, but for me, it's a cool moment to realise that I was the one who found it, because I created and ran those tests. It makes my work worthwhile. The customer is usually grateful that I found it, too, since it’s unlikely they could have done it themselves."

Testing new products demands creativity and problem-solving skills, since Arttu has to think of entirely new ways to test them by putting himself in the end user's shoes. "When you eventually find a solution that works, it's the best feeling. It's like a solving a jigsaw puzzle."

Composing reports is also part of Arttu's job. He enjoys following up on how customers' software of the products have become more stable in the long run and seeing his own efforts validated.

"I'm very happy with my job and I would definitely recommend Profilence as an employer. I've been positively surprised by the general atmosphere and by the work itself. If you're the type of person who is interested in finding software bugs and who tends to get frustrated with the many problems that certain apps have, then this is an interesting job because you get to analyse and solve exactly those issues."