Kristo Käärmann
Founder at transferwise
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorKristo Käärmann is a founder and financial services entrepreneur with nine years of experience building fintech platforms in the United Kingdom. A former management consultant with a background in computer science and mathematics, he co-founded Wise (formerly TransferWise). He has steered the company from a lean startup to a global payments platform, focusing on lowering costs and increasing transparency in cross-border transfers. Based in England, he combines hands-on software craft with strategic product leadership and business acumen. He advocates pragmatic engineering and data-driven decision making to scale financial services responsibly. The original codebase has evolved as the platform grew, reflecting his belief in adaptable, scalable systems.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (24)
rollupjs8
browserify7
jscodeshift6
ether6
forwarding5
typescript5
cryptocurrency4
swc4
wallet4
crypto4
blockchain4
currency4
sdk4
bundler4
ethereum3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cryptofiat/wallet-sdk
Oct 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:90 commits, 74 pushes in 1 year 11 months
cryptocurrencyblockchainwalletsdk
cryptofiat/wallet-client
Aug 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:105 commits, 12 PRs, 84 pushes in 2 years
reference-clienttypescriptclient-appcross-platform
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