Astro & Next.js web development partner for your business

Get your site built the right way with a focus on:

User experience
Technical SEO
Page speed optimization
Enabling your team to edit and create content independently
Accessibility



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      <h1>
        <span>Astro & Next.js</span>
        Web Development Partner For Your Business
      </h1>
      <p>
        Get your site done the right way with a focus on:
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>User experience</li>
        <li>Technical SEO</li>
        <li>Page speed optimization</li>
        <li>
          Enabling your team to edit and
          create content themselves
        </li>
        <li>Accessibility</li>
      </ul>
      <Link href="/contact-us/" className="button">
        Contact me
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Meet Jere, the web development expert behind Vaihe

I provide web development for large enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses. I have 8 years of experience in modern web development. I currently focus on Astro and Next.js development.

Personal milestones

Experience with all major headless CMS platforms
I have run this company for 7 years. I still got my first clients. I’m a long-term partner.
Extensive experience providing technical SEO and page speed optimization consulting for enterprise companies
Over 50 websites built for clients and upkeep on many more
Education from Metropolia, the largest university of applied sciences in Finland
Published 43-page academic study on Gatsby, the framework that was popular before Next.js and Astro

Jere Huttunen posing at his desk beside the Vaihe homepage on his monitor

I can be your entire development team or part of your existing team

I handle all development and upkeep for your marketing site

For most of my clients, I handle all marketing site development, while their in-house marketing staff handles updating and creating content.

Many of these clients are SaaS companies and have their own in-house development teams. But SaaS development is time-consuming, and their developers are busy working on the product and lack marketing site development experience. That’s why these clients hire me: I specialize in marketing site development, with a strong focus on SEO and page speed optimization.

I work as part of your engineering team

Some of the enterprise marketing sites I work on have thousands of pages. Ongoing development on a site of that size requires more than one developer, so I often work as part of the client’s engineering team as a contractor.

I work well as part of a team. My responsibilities usually include optimizing core functionality in Next.js and Astro, improving technical SEO and accessibility, and optimizing page speed.

Why choose me

I get things done. You have one point of contact: me. I have done this for over 7 years now and I am an expert in my field. I know how to get things done properly and on time.
Trust. My clients trust me and I trust them. I still work with clients who have been with me since I started 7 years ago. I have handled domain ownership changes for clients’ domains worth of tens of thousands of dollars.
Clear communication. I very rarely have misunderstandings with my clients. When something is not clear, I ask follow-up questions.
Problem solving. I suggest improvements when I notice issues and proactively fix bugs that I find. Sometimes the development phase reveals gaps in the original plan. I help resolve them.
Reliable availability. I do this full-time. I will reply every business day and will be there if things break.
Attention to detail. I care about what I do and I want to do it well. That care directly improves your experience as a client and the experience of your site’s users.

I’m posing next to a Google Lighthouse report showing perfect scores across the board for one of my clients’ websites. See the case study here.

Jere Huttunen posing beside Google Lighthouse scores of 100 — I’m posing next to a Google Lighthouse report showing perfect scores across the board for one of my clients’ websites. See the case study here.

How I provide modern web development

Headless CMS

I can connect your Astro or Next.js site to a headless CMS so that your team can update and create pages on their own without touching the code at all. My current CMS recommendation is Storyblok.

Technical SEO

I specialize in technical SEO and build sites with SEO in mind from day one. I also provide technical SEO consulting. Some of my enterprise SEO clients have thousands of pages on their marketing sites.

Page Speed Optimization

I also specialize in page speed optimization and offer consulting in this area. I build my sites with speed in mind and optimize existing sites through both consulting and implementation.

Accessibility

Accessibility is an important part of the web for me. I build accessible sites and provide accessibility fixes for existing sites. I follow recommended ADA standards. Accessibility and SEO often complement each other.

Don't take just my word, see my client testimonials

Jere has been a joy to work with on our projects. We wanted clean, high-performance code that fits within a scalable and secure architecture and were struggling to find a developer who shared our vision, until we started working with Jere. His methodology is brilliant and we trust him to work autonomously on our projects. We truly appreciate his ability to grasp our business problems and work on solutions.

– Jesse Aujla, CEO

The website Jere developed for us is an absolute masterpiece, with eye-catching animations and interactive elements that really captivate our visitors. Not only is the website aesthetically pleasing, and makes navigating our product pages a fun experience, but he also made it incredibly easy for the team to work in maintaining and growing it.

Working with Jere was a pleasure from start to finish. From the beginning of the project...

– Tania, ticketbro

Jere is amazing. We've contracted him for a very last-minute (and expectedly urgent) project, and he was a rock-star. What I really appreciated is how our project was treated not simply as a one-off job, but I could tell how a lot of thought and planning went into every single step along the way. Jere provided some extremely valuable advice on how to approach our challenges, was very technical and delivered everything in the agreed timeframe. In the end - the project was a massive success on all fronts...

– Kirill, Founder

Jere's communication is great and smooth. Considering we are both performance junkies, we're always on the same page – and that is what I love about our partnerships. I will be working with him for years to come. Considering I have lots of experience in the SEO world, I know it's not easy to find a good partner, so Jere comes highly recommended.

– R. de Waard

It isn’t often that you find a developer who understands UX (including accessibility needs), technical SEO, and writes great code. Jere's services have been an invaluable asset to our development, product, & marketing teams and I’d highly recommend him to anyone looking to increase their web development capabilities without sacrificing on quality.

– Pavel Okulov, Head of Growth

The new website has been an absolute dream to use and Jere did a fantastic job bringing our vision to life while still making it simple to use. Being able to edit the site myself makes my work so much simpler and efficient, and puts the control back in my hands. Jere is also incredibly responsive and is proactive with constantly helping us improve the site when he identifies areas of optimisation.

– Guth, Kip

I can wholeheartedly recommend working with Jere. He did a great job migrating our Gatsby website and adding new functionality. He provided us with detailed and reliable estimates, adapted flexibly to any project scope changes, and proactively found solutions to overcome unexpected challenges. We're very much looking forward to working with him in the future.

– Tanja Rüegg, Project Manager

We had the pleasure of working with Jere to bring our new website design to life, and we couldn’t be more impressed. From the very first call, we presented our vision and went over the scope of work, and Jere executed everything flawlessly. The work delivered was exactly what we discussed, from the animations to the page functions—every detail was spot on...

– Equipment Finance Canada

Jere seamlessly adapted to our workflow, allowing for a smooth and collaborative experience. He is very reliable and an absolute pleasure to work with. We've worked with several developers, but Jere is one of the select few partners that actually delivers quality results in a timely manner. It's not easy finding good JAMstack developers nowadays, and his ability to offer solutions, especially in time-critical situations, has been impressive.

– Vahe Tirakyan, CEO

It has been an absolute pleasure having Jere complete some custom software development work on a GatsbyJS website. He was proficient, well spoken and timely in resolving the issues that were faced. His technical skills excelled my expectations. I am looking forward to working with him again on future projects.

– Daniel Gouvignon

As a tech-focused company, we wanted to try a new web framework focused on speed. After consulting with Jere, we chose Astro with Storyblok as our CMS. His solution exceeded our expectations for fast loading and technical SEO optimization. Jere was readily available throughout the development process and kept us informed. We're thrilled with his work and look forward to working with him again.

– Kyle Kapper, Co-Founder

We hired Jere for React/Gatsby development. He is an outstanding and professional developer. He has supported us on a number of frontend projects with demanding requirements and usually at late notice. The results are always pixel perfect and correct first time. We look forward to working together again!

– Benjamin Wootton

Jere provided us with web development for our Gatsby site. His work is efficient, thorough and the communication is great. Jere is a real pleasure to work with and I look forward to continue our partnership as we set out to build more amazing digital experiences. We Would highly recommend Jere to anyone with web development needs, especially with Jamstack.

– Ryan Howell, M-XR

Jere was a pleasure to work with. Great communication, highly skilled and has a great attitude. He is an honest person who is really passionate about his work. I won't hesitate to hire him again, in fact I'm already planning our next collaboration!

– Max, Property Heroes

Jere's work has been outstanding. He understood the project easily and made it quickly. The quality of Jere's work has been excellent. We really recommend him.

– Oriol Molto, Mazedonia

Jere did an awesome job and took the lead on the project that we released in production successfully.

– Conduktor

Working with Jere is truly a pleasure. He is very talented, flexible, quick to respond, and always ready to find solutions. Jere is a real keeper and I'm a very happy client.

– Romain Daumont

Jere is great to work with: precise, kind, calm and efficient. It's been a real pleasure and I highly recommend him to anyone!

– Affirming Care / PurposeMed

People do not come more skilled and proficient as Jere. He is truly unique in his code quality and ability to solve problems and pick up new things quickly. He was able to efficiently implement our CMS of choice and achieve 100% page speed insights

– Spotless Laser

Jere provided us search engine optimization and maintenance required by our new website. Smooth collaboration and quickly provided services!

– Susanna Kallio

Working with Jere is easy. His service is high quality, professional and deliveries are possible even with quick timelines.

– Varpu Jokinen

We required a technical website upgrade that would enable our marketers a way to create content by themselves without needing developers' continous help.
Jere identified exactly what we needed and delivered a perfect solution for our use-case while maintaining smooth communication with us.

– Buddy Healthcare

Let’s start our partnership. Contact me for a quote.

Contact me with details about your project, and I will get back to you within a day.

I'm excited to hear from you!