Jere Tienhaara

Game Programmer @ Futureplay Games

About

I'm a game developer from Helsinki with a keen eye for user experience and clean code. I'm currently working as a Game Developer at Futureplay Games, working on the Merge Gardens mobile game. My interests include the games industry and game development, UI/UX, Unity, design and creativity. I'm interested in networking and collaboration!

Country

Finland

City

Helsinki

Industry

Computer Games

Skill

Live-ops, Unity, live game, Game Development, C#, Teamwork, Quality Assurance, Software Documentation, Educational Games, Game Testing, Game-based Learning, Rapid Prototyping, Writing, Critique, game review, Market Research, Customer Service, Adobe Photoshop

Experience

Game Programmer

Futureplay Games

2025-8 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

I'm currently working on a Merge Gardens, a live-ops orientated puzzle game that combines match-3 puzzles with merge gameplay.

Game Developer

Rovio Entertainment

2023-8 - 2025-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Espoo

Working on a live-ops mobile game Angry Birds Friends that has generated over 200M€ lifetime revenue. I was mostly focusing on doing the client code implementation for new features, game modes and FTUE.

Junior Game Developer

Rovio Entertainment

2022-8 - 2023-8 · 1 yr 1 mo

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Junior Game Programmer

Skunkworks

2022-1 - 2022-8 · 8 mos

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

I worked as a Junior Game Programmer on the mobile game Merge Friends. I learned lots about Unity development, software architecture, live-game development and F2P. My main tasks were fixing bugs and developing new features for a live game with over 1M downloads.

Game Developer

Pääkaupunkiseudun Kierrätyskeskus Oy / Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre Ltd

2021-6 - 2021-12 · 7 mos

Helsinki

I was a part of a three-person development team that made a gamified learning platform about recycling and the environment for kids. The platform included six individual mini-games which of two were mainly developed by me. The project was released in Play Store.

Assistant

V2.fi

2020-11 - 2021-12 · 1 yr 2 mos

Finland

I wrote over 20 video game reviews with over 50,000 total views.

QA Tester

10th Muse

2021-2 - 2021-6 · 5 mos

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

I worked as only QA Tester for a mobile application in a start-up. I learned a lot about bug tracking, software testing, documentation and the communication between developers and QA.