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Olli Lehikoinen

Founding Engineer building Voice LLM agents. 8+ years of experience in software development, engineering management, and startups. Based in Espoo, Finland.

About

I've spent the last 8 years building systems, streamlining messy processes, and automating digital and physical tasks. I enjoy finding simpler ways of doing things and cutting down the fluff.

Currently building Voice LLM agents. Previously led engineering teams at Swappie, founded an AI startup through Antler, and built fintech products at Taaleri.

Experience

Founding Engineer

Sep 2025 - Present

Voice AI Startup

Creating Voice LLM agents for businesses to improve profitability.

  • Improved perceived latency of voice agents
  • Improved speech recognition accuracy from ~60% to ~90%
  • Championed adoption of AI coding tools within the team

Independent Technical Advisor

Jan 2025 - Present

Miekka Solutions

Freelance technical consulting during parental leave. Secured clients independently and delivered projects in AI, DevOps, and refurbishment operations.

Founder & CTO

May 2024 - Dec 2024

Adeu

Led development of an AI-driven timekeeping system for lawyers.

  • Built LLM-powered MVP for automated time tracking in 3 months
  • Conducted technical sales and problem validation interviews
  • Focused business idea from process management software to time tracking as a shared pain within the industry

Founder in Residence

Nov 2023 - May 2024

Antler

Validated SaaS & AI business ideas, conducted market research, and pitched to investors.

  • Validated multiple business ideas through market research and user interviews
  • Formed a three-person founding team
  • Secured pre-seed funding

Software Engineering Manager

Oct 2021 - Nov 2023

Swappie

Led factory software development team focused on refurbishment efficiency and profitability tracking.

  • Led team, growing from 4 to 8 people through team merger
  • Zero voluntary attrition in team post-layoffs
  • Implemented profitability-based repair prioritization through improved warehousing
  • Led factory automation projects including robotics integrations
  • Started managers roundtable for cross-team problem solving
  • Introduced continuous feedback process replacing biannual reviews

Senior Software Developer

Aug 2020 - Sep 2021

Swappie

Factory software team. Integrated Blancco diagnostics and erasure into operations. Led the NetSuite ERP integration project, streamlining phone refurbishment processes. Promoted to manager based on project leadership.

Software Developer

Jan 2018 - Aug 2020

Taaleri

Part of the internal startup team that created the Taaleri mobile app and Impakti investment product.

  • Built backend for the React Native mobile application
  • Integrated CRM and portfolio management systems
  • Managed cloud release pipelines and infrastructure

Education

Master's degree, Software and Service Engineering

Aalto University, 2017 - 2019

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Aalto University, 2015 - 2017

What Others Say

"His greatest contribution to our team was grounding its work to the simplest, most impactful objectives. Olli would often challenge the team to consider how to quickest provide impact to the stakeholders without compromising on systems' quality attributes."
— Aleksi Mäkinen, Senior Software Engineer at Swappie
"Olli is a talented software developer with a good understanding of agile development practices. He writes well-tested code and creates robust integrations. He has also plenty of business insights related to accounting and logistics."
— Onni Hakala, Software Engineering Leader at Swappie

Contact

Get in touch: olli@otl.fi