Boris Starkov
Growth Engineer at ElevenLabs
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBoris Starkov is a Growth Engineer based in London with nine years of software engineering experience, currently helping scale ElevenLabs’ growth efforts. He transitioned from building avatar and identity systems at Meta’s Reality Labs to applying product-focused engineering to drive user acquisition and retention. Trained in computer science at Saint Petersburg State University and recently attending Y Combinator’s AI startup school, he blends rigorous technical foundations with startup-minded growth strategies. Boris is comfortable operating at the intersection of front-end, backend, and data-driven experimentation, shipping features that directly impact engagement metrics. His GitHub bio—"growing @elevenlabs"—signals a bias toward measurable impact and rapid iteration rather than just infrastructure for its own sake. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who leverages ML-informed insights to move growth levers quickly.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Saint Petersburg State UniversityAI startup school, AI startup school at Y Combinator
English, Russian
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Github Skills (40)
boilerplate10
foundation9
electron9
javascript9
eslint9
webpack9
css9
nodejs9
react9
chrome9
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html8
scalable8
typescript8
windows8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
PennyroyalTea/hearing-evaluation-app
May 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 releases, 8 pushes, 4 tags in 3 years 10 months
PennyroyalTea/pennyroyaltea.github.io
Jan 2019 - Dec 2024
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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