Alvar Lumberg
Engineering Lead - Platform
Tallinn Metropolitan Area Estonia
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Top SchoolAlvar Lumberg is a seasoned software builder and engineering leader with over a decade of experience scaling products and teams from startup to scale-up. He combines deep Java and platform expertise with a talent for people development—having led multiple engineering organizations at TransferWise and co-founded Grünfin and Refresh Conference. Alvar advises startups through Shuhari OÜ, helping mission-driven teams convert technical and organizational complexity into focused roadmaps and measurable outcomes. Comfortable toggling between hands-on delivery and strategic leadership, he’s built ML and analytics platforms, customer support automation, and high-quality developer tooling. Based in Tallinn, he pairs a pragmatic engineering mindset with a knack for culture and community-building that repeatedly turns small teams into reliable, high-impact organisations.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
general education, English specialisation, general education, English specialisation at Tallinna 21. KeskkoolDistributed Systems, Distributed Systems at TalTech – Tallinn University of TechnologyMentor, Talent Advisory, Mentor, Talent Advisory at Fontes XIV Mentorship ProgramBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), IT Development, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), IT Development at IT College
English, Finnish
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Github Skills (25)
spring-boot8
vault8
java7
aws7
spring7
terraform6
terraform-provider6
cloud-native5
microservices5
spring-cloud5
ansible5
grails5
git5
netlify4
hashicorp4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cryptofiat/bank-gateway
Mar 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:34 commits, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
alvarl/datasciencecoursera
Mar 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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