Kate Lad
Helsinki,Finland
Summary
Tech Lead with experience building and maintaining large-scale web applications in the bidding domain using React and TypeScript. Experienced in real-time user interfaces, cross-team collaboration, and integrating frontend applications with interconnected systems. Focused on developer experience, maintainable codebases, and delivering reliable user-focused solutions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Tech Lead
Ritchie Bros. Finland
Helsinki, Finland
2024.11 - Current
- Supported engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance.
- Coordinated cross-team integrations and helped align implementation decisions with business requirements.
- Improved developer workflows and helped maintain a scalable and maintainable frontend architecture.
- Collaborated closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver reliable user-facing features.
Senior Software Engineer
Ritchie Bros. Finland
Helsinki, Finland
2023.03 - 2024.11
- Rebuilt legacy web applications using TypeScript and Next.js.
- Developed real-time websocket-based bidding interfaces enabling seamless live user interactions.
- Worked within a large-scale bidding platform integrating with multiple interconnected systems.
- Contributed to frontend reliability and observability using Honeycomb.
Software Engineer
Ritchie Bros. Finland
Helsinki
2019.06 - 2023.03
- Worked on various projects using .NET and JavaScript
Web Developer
Freelance
2015.05 - 2017.09
- Developed various websites for clients
Education
Information Technology - Engineering
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (XAMK)
Mikkeli, Finland 2015.08 - 2019.06
Skills
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- React
- Nextjs
- Nodejs
- AWS
Technologies
Architecture & Infrastructure
- WebSockets
- Nx
- CircleCI
- Honeycomb / Datadog
- Jest / Vitest
- React Testing Library
- Playwright
Testing
LANGUAGES
English
Fluent
Finnish
Intermediate (B1)
Affiliations
- Video games
- Photography
- Bouldering
- Tennis
Timeline
Tech Lead
Ritchie Bros. Finland
2024.11 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Ritchie Bros. Finland
2023.03 - 2024.11
Software Engineer
Ritchie Bros. Finland
2019.06 - 2023.03
Information Technology - Engineering
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (XAMK)
2015.08 - 2019.06
Web Developer
Freelance
2015.05 - 2017.09