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Viral
Patel

AI Engineer & Founder, TyöHunt

Python · FastAPI · Next.js · Claude AI · Helsinki, Finland

04Projects shipped
3+Years building
2026SAMK Graduate
Viral Patel — AI Engineer & Founder, TyöHunt, Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland

01 / About

I build AI products that ship to production.

AI engineer and founder of TyöHunt, graduate of SAMK Finland, building at the intersection of machine learning, product thinking, and fast web delivery.

Current mission

"Build useful AI products that feel premium and ship fast."
Product-first AIPerformance engineeringPremium UI

Currently building

live

TyöHunt

AI job-matching SaaS for Finland — full-stack platform I founded, live in production.

By the numbers

Projects shipped04
Years of dev work3+
SAMK Graduate2026

What I do

AI Products

End-to-end AI systems: LLM integrations, CV models, data pipelines.

Full-Stack Apps

FastAPI backends + Next.js frontends. Production-grade, fast, tested.

Premium UI

Motion-rich interfaces with sharp visual design that employers remember.

Based in

Helsinki, Finland

Open to AI/full-stack roles, collaborations, and interesting problems in Finland.

02 / Skills

The stack behind the build.

Clear tool clusters — recruiters and collaborators can instantly see how I work.

Languages & Scripting

PythonTypeScriptSQLHTML/CSSJava

AI / Machine Learning

YOLOv7OpenCVScikit-learnNLPData PreprocessingPyTorchModel Training

Frameworks & Runtimes

FastAPINext.js 16ReactTailwind CSSDockerCeleryGitNode.js

Data & Cloud

SQLAlchemyPostgreSQLRedisMySQLPandasStripeGitHubVercel

03 / Experience

Hands-on execution, not just theory.

From leading teams in Finland to delivering client work, I build with accountability and pace.

Apr 2026 – Present

Founder & Full-Stack AI Developer

TyöHunt · Self-employed · Helsinki, Finland (Remote)

Current
  • Built TyöHunt — a full-stack AI SaaS platform for the Finnish job market, targeting immigrants, international students, and recent graduates — as my bachelor's thesis
  • Scrapes 12 Finnish job boards every 2 hours, keeping 50,000–100,000+ active listings updated in PostgreSQL with pgvector-based semantic CV matching via Claude AI
  • Full stack: Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, Docker, and Nginx on a Hostinger VPS, with CI/CD via GitHub Actions and Prometheus/Grafana monitoring
  • Launched May 13, 2026 — live in production at app.tyohunt.com with real paying users on Stripe billing

Jan 2023 – Present

Assistant Shift Leader

McDonald's Tuupakka · Vantaa, Finland

Current
  • Lead a team of 10+ staff in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment, keeping operations on time and to standard
  • Scored 93% on RGRV evaluation day — a formal assessment of shift leadership quality, safety, and process compliance
  • Built skills in staying calm under pressure, fast decision-making, and coordinating a diverse team

Jul 2021 – May 2022

Senior WordPress Developer

Par Infotech · Surat, India

  • Led a team of 5+ developers delivering custom WordPress and WooCommerce solutions for clients
  • Optimized website performance and SEO, significantly improving load times and usability scores
  • Collaborated with design and marketing teams on UI/UX implementation and client requirements

Jan 2019 – Jul 2021

WordPress Developer

The Boringhub Infotech · Surat, India

  • Built and maintained WordPress websites end-to-end from requirements gathering to deployment
  • Grew from junior to senior developer in 2.5 years within a fast-paced startup environment
  • Specialized in custom theme/plugin development, performance tuning, and client communication

04 / Projects

Big outcomes. Sharp execution.

Each project combines technical depth with product clarity — built to solve real problems.

TyöHunt
Featured
2026·Live SaaS · tyohunt.com

TyöHunt

Full-stack SaaS that scrapes Finnish job boards, scores every listing against your CV with Claude AI, and generates tailored cover letters.

PythonFastAPINext.js 15PostgreSQL 16pgvectorRedis
Finnish Job Scraper

2025 / Production v4.0

Finnish Job Scraper

The v4 full-stack platform that combined FastAPI, Claude AI matching, and multi-source scraping — later evolved into TyöHunt SaaS.

PythonFastAPINext.js 16Claude AI
Case study
Road Sign Detection Model

2025 / Bachelor's Thesis 2025

Road Sign Detection Model

Bachelor thesis project: a custom YOLOv7 model trained on real Finnish road-sign data.

PythonYOLOv7OpenCVLabelImg
Case study
Diamond Jewelry E-Commerce

2022 / Freelance · 5★ Review

Diamond Jewelry E-Commerce

Luxury WooCommerce build delivered on Upwork with 5-star client feedback.

WordPressWooCommercePHPHTML/CSS
Case study
Job Agent (v1 & v2)

2024 / Archived

Job Agent (v1 & v2)

The early script versions that eventually evolved into Finnish Job Scraper v4.

PythonRSSopenpyxlGmail API
Case study

05 / Academic

Learning in public, shipping in production.

My AI curriculum directly feeds the systems I build.

2022 – 2026

Bachelor of Business Administration – Artificial Intelligence

Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK)

Pori, Finland

Python ProgrammingData Analytics & Data ManagementDatabases (SQL)Cloud TechnologiesMachine Learning & Computer VisionNLP & Advanced AI Methods

2018 – 2021

Diploma in Computer Engineering

Uka Tarsadia University

Bardoli, India

CGPA

9.14 / 10

Thesis project

Road Sign Detection — YOLOv7

Custom YOLOv7 model trained on real Finnish road signs. Self-collected dataset, manual annotation, ~80% mAP@0.5. Full ML lifecycle from raw data to evaluation.

Read case study

06 / Contact

If the idea is bold,
I am in.

Open to collaborations, freelance builds, and interesting problems in Finland or remote. Email-first communication.

Direct contact

viral1211patel@gmail.com
Helsinki, Finland

Find me online

Open to opportunities

Collaborations · Freelance · New builds

Send a message