Kenneth Falck

Independent architect & engineer
AI-native & cloud-native

Helsinki, Finland · Finnish / English
kennu@clouden.net
+358 40 510 3121
kennethfalck.net
linkedin.com/in/kennu

Executive summary

Architect and software engineer with 30+ years of experience building AI, cloud, media & internet systems.

Focused on developing technically demanding and reliable AI-native & cloud-native systems.

Comfortable operating independently in ambiguous, high-impact environments requiring both architecture and hands-on implementation, typically in new system development for production and R&D.

Core expertise

AI & cloud platforms

AI agents and retrieval (RAG); agentic development tools; AWS Serverless, event-driven and containerized architectures; data, analytics and automation.

Design & production

Combining architectural design with hands-on implementation. First-hand experience with services in production.

Portfolio

AI-native applications currently running in production. More info: kennethfalck.net/portfolio

WebCat.fi · domain registrar

AI assistant & MCP server based on Bedrock AgentCore. Search domains, manage DNS, ask for assistance.

Tuntikirjaus.fi · time tracking SaaS

AI assistant & MCP server based on Bedrock AgentCore. Enter work hours, generate reports, ask for assistance.

Pelipuisto.fi · 60+ browser games

Agent swarm (AgentCore + Claude Code on Fargate) builds, reviews and tunes games automatically.

Technologies commonly used

Languages: TypeScript, Go, Python. Earlier backend development work in C/C++ and SQL.

Bedrock AgentCore API Gateway Lambda Step Functions DynamoDB Kinesis Fargate CDK

Selected technical highlights

            W3Schools learning platform
            2022–2026
          

Designed and built large-scale AWS-based systems supporting millions of users internationally.

Secure containerized and serverless execution environments for user code.
Automated quality evaluation and flagging of AI-generated content.
Scalable analytics pipelines for high-volume usage data.
Zero-downtime migration of the production billing system to a serverless architecture.
Mobile app backends, backup systems and CRDT-based real-time collaboration.

Kenneth Falck CV 2026.10

            Industrial IoT & edge systems
            2017–2022
          

Designed and built industrial edge infrastructure for Konecranes smart crane systems.

Yocto Linux based edge device platform.
Secure provisioning, OTA updates and cloud-based lifecycle management for edge applications.
Cloud tooling for telemetry collection and device fleet management.

Professional experience

Clouden Oy — Founder & Principal Architect (2016–Present)

Founded in 2016 for product development, including designing, building and operating the WebCat.fi domain registrar service. Also worked on blockchain analytics and DeFi data systems on the Ethereum platform. Since 2023, focused on independent architecture and implementation consulting, including an extended engagement with W3Schools.

Nordcloud — Principal Architect (2014–2023)

Designed cloud-native and industrial IoT systems for diverse customer environments, spanning architecture, prototyping and production implementation. Projects included early AWS Serverless adoption and IoT platforms for Nordic and international companies such as Veikkaus, SKF and Kemppi.

Sanoma News / Sanoma Entertainment — R&D Manager (2000–2013)

Technical architecture and implementation of media, gaming and digital television systems, including interactive TV platforms and Finland's biggest casual gaming platform, Pelikone.fi. Also represented Sanoma Entertainment in EU research and industry project groups.

Earlier roles (1993–2000)

Development and consulting work involving internet infrastructure, communications tools and database-backed web applications.

Publications & writing

Monthly columnist for Tivi magazine covering technical and R&D topics. Previously wrote articles and columns for Finnish ICT publications including Tietokone, ITviikko and Prosessori.

Also authored AI & ML in the Cloud: Managed Services (Kindle, 2018).

Education

Helsinki University of Technology
Computer science studies

Working style

I do my best work in environments where small teams can move quickly and take broad end-to-end ownership of production systems.

I enjoy creating simple solutions to complex problems. Good architecture is about minimizing future effort and cost while maintaining the ability to change.

I use agentic AI tools across all levels of my work — from architecture and design to implementation — while taking full ownership of the quality of what I deliver. I pay particular attention to security in AI tool usage and in the systems I build.