Aldis Ameriks
Lead Software Developer at Ubiquiti Inc.
Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia
Summary
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Top SchoolAldis Ameriks is a Lead Software Developer based in Riga with nine years building full-stack, data-driven applications and leading engineering teams at companies including Ubiquiti and Accenture. He combines strong backend expertise (Java, Spring, Node.js) with modern frontend stacks (React, TypeScript, Redux) and a track record of shipping complex single-page apps and microservices. Aldis is an active open-source contributor to GraphQL tooling—extending the popular mercurius project with custom validation, improved error handling and federation helpers—showing attention to developer ergonomics and robust APIs. His background spans embedded and sensor-based real‑time algorithms to large-scale web platforms, reflecting a breadth from low-level systems to production cloud services. With a master’s in computer science, he brings pragmatic leadership and hands-on delivery to cross-functional teams.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University)
English, Latvian, Russian
Github Skills (11)
fastify10
graphql10
nodejs10
wordpress-graphql10
wpgraphql10
typescript-types9
federation9
typescript9
typescripts9
javascript8
testing8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mercurius-js/mercurius
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Implement GraphQL servers and gateways with Fastify
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 13 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Aldis primarily focused on extending the functionality of the `mercurius-js/mercurius` repository, which implements GraphQL servers. Their work involved adding support for custom GraphQL validation rules, improving error messages, and exposing features like the default error formatter and the `buildFederationSchema` function. They also addressed and fixed failing tests, and provided a simplified API for custom directives to enhance the project's capabilities.
fastifygatewayfederationnodejsgraphql
aldis-ameriks/kliversala-bot
Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Daily "Kliversala" lunch menu on Telegram 🍕
Contributions:85 commits, 52 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
telegramtelegram-botlunchmenu
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