Augusts Bautra
Senior Software Engineer at UPB, AS
Riga, Latvia
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Top SchoolAugusts Bautra is a Senior Software Engineer from Riga with 12 years of experience specializing in Ruby on Rails back-end development, systems architecture, and TDD-driven design. He has led and scaled web applications serving tens of thousands of monthly users, with a strong focus on DDD, SOLID principles, and maintainable code structure—often owning the role of spec and code-style champion. His recent work spans ERP expansion and strategic sourcing features at enterprise scale, plus performance improvements like caching and memoization introduced at fintech Mogo Finance. A pragmatic architect who values team ergonomics, he pairs hands-on implementation with process improvements such as RuboCop standards and data normalization practices. Outside engineering he studies Austrian economics and is actively pursuing roles in Bitcoin-only finance or advocacy, reflecting a rare intersection of deep Rails expertise and crypto-maximalist conviction.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Primary education, A group, Primary education, A group at Rīgas 62. vidusskolaPrimary education, Primary education at Tukuma Ernesta Birznieka-Upīša 1. pamatskola-, Civil Engineering, Undergraduate, -, Civil Engineering, Undergraduate at University of PortsmouthSecondary Education with additional Economics, General + Economics, E group, Secondary Education with additional Economics, General + Economics, E group at Rīgas Komercģimnāzija-, Civil Engineering, -, Civil Engineering at Rīgas Celtniecības Koledža
Latvian, English
Stackoverflow
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activerecord
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Github Skills (200)
multithreading10
testing10
rspec10
routes10
visual-studio10
linter10
rack10
wkhtmltopdf10
test-coverage10
pdfkit10
html10
cucumber10
dokku10
static-code-analysis10
upstream10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
creativegs/leadersend
Feb 2015 - Dec 2017
Leadersend Ruby Gem
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
ruby-on-railsruby-gemrailsrubygem
Epigene/ruby-style-guide
Apr 2015 - Jun 2021
A community-driven Ruby coding style guide
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
community-drivenstyle-guiderubyguidelines
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