Karl Kadalipp — curriculum vitae

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Available for select work

Ten years building the software people rely on without thinking about it — Estonia's vehicle and driver registry, the 2021 national census platform, nationwide energy metering, cross-government data exchange.

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Education: BA, IT systems development — Estonian IT College
Languages: Estonian (native), English (very good), German & Russian (beginner)

Experience

5 positions · all full-time

Full-stack Java Software Engineer, Blesens OÜ
Blesens OÜ
Aug 2025 – Jun 2026 11 mos
Full-Stack Java Developer, DomeStack Ltd.
2021 National Census
DomeStack Ltd.
Jan 2021 – Aug 2025 4 yrs 8 mos
Full-Stack Java Developer, 1oT
eSIM connectivity
1oT
Jul 2020 – Nov 2020 5 mos
Full-Stack Java Developer, Eesti Energia
National energy metering
Eesti Energia
Oct 2018 – Apr 2020 1 yr 7 mos
Full-Stack Java Developer, Finestmedia AS
Vehicle & driver registry
Finestmedia AS
Dec 2016 – Oct 2018 1 yr 11 mos
Earlier experience2 positions · university-era, before 2016
.NET Developer (Uni internship), McLean & Laneman
ERP add-ons
McLean & Laneman
Aug 2013 – Nov 2013 4 mos
JavaScript Developer, Povi Software OÜ
Study games
Povi Software OÜ
Apr 2012 – Aug 2012 5 mos

Selected work

4 entries

2021 National Census
Statistics Estonia · DomeStack Ltd
Scale
National
Built the front-end, back-end and database systems for Statistics Estonia's 2021 census — the ones its staff worked in and the ones citizens used.
2021–25
eSIM connectivity
1oT
Scale
Global
Built the eSIM connectivity software that replaced 1oT's outsourced solutions, implemented to detailed specification.
2020
National energy metering
Eesti Energia
Scale
National
Built energy-product software that reads thousands of field devices remotely, and collects and publishes what they report.
2018–20
Vehicle & driver registry
Transport Administration · Finestmedia AS
Scale
National
Full-stack work across all of Estonia's DMV information systems — the tools registry staff work in, the applications vehicle-checkers use, and the citizen-facing services.
2016–18
Earlier work2 systems · university-era, before 2016
ERP add-ons
McLean & Laneman
Built add-ons and modifications for an enterprise resource planning system, in C#.
2013
Study games
Povi Software
Built study games on a JavaScript game engine.
2012

Technology stack

3 tiers

Core, What the work is made of

Languages: JavaTypeScript
Backend: Spring BootHibernate ORM
Frontend: AngularReact
Data: PostgreSQLOracleKafkaElasticsearch
Integration: X-Road (Estonian e-gov data transfer)RESTSOAP
Run: DockerKubernetesNginx

Strong, Substantial professional experience

Languages: JavaScriptC#Python
Backend: Spring (MVC, ORM, JDBC, Security, Web Services)JPAJacksonLiquibaseLombok
Frontend: HTML5CSSSCSS
Data: PL/SQLSQL
Integration: JSONXML / XSL / XSLT / XSF / XSDJWT
Run: TomcatJBoss / WildFlyApache HTTP Server
Testing: JUnitMockitoSeleniumSonarQubeSpotBugsSwaggerOpenAPI

Earlier, The rest of the record

Frontend: AngularJSNode.jsjQueryjQuery UIBootstrapPrimeFacesJSF (JavaServer Faces)JSPJSTL
Java ecosystem: MavenGradleApache AntApache IvyLiferayNortal Aranea & JRoadJavax (Faces, AJAX)Apache CommonsGoogle (GSON, OAuth, Guava, HTTP-client)
Data stores: MySQLSQLiteKibana
Testing & QA: TestNGJMockitRobot FrameworkPlumbr APMClamAV
CI & logging: JenkinsBambooSLF4JLog4jLogback
Version control: GitSVNGitHubGitLabBitBucketSourceTree
Tools: IntelliJ IDEA + JRebelIntelliJ WebStormEclipseJetBrains PyCharmAndroid StudioPostmanSoapUIAtlassian JIRAAtlassian ConfluenceFigmaAdobe Photoshop
Practice: ScrumKanban (or mix)Rarely waterfall