Gosha Spark
Software Engineer at Self-employed
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorGosha Spark is a seasoned full-stack software engineer and freelance consultant based in New York with 14 years of experience building MVPs, custom web apps, and mobile apps (React Native). He’s helped startups and products ship faster and reduce tech debt through front-end leadership roles at Gumroad and internal tooling work at Lyft, while also maintaining Rails backends for long-running projects. Comfortable across the stack, he contributes to both UI/UX improvements and core runtime functionality—his open-source work ranges from enhancing Ember and build tooling to implementing Ruby Hash methods in a high-performance Ruby implementation. Clients value his pragmatic approach to turning vague product needs into prioritized, deliverable plans that respect time and resources. He’s particularly strong at modernizing legacy codepaths and improving developer workflows (HMR, bundling, build systems), which often accelerates delivery beyond feature work alone.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
English, Russian, Russian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
hotswap10
javascript10
npm10
python10
hot-module-replacement10
ruby10
emberjs10
build-automation10
html10
hmr10
testing9
pytest9
brunch9
css9
jscript9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
brunch/brunch
Dec 2015 - Jun 2016
:fork_and_knife: Web applications made easy. Since 2011.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:164 commits, 129 PRs, 449 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Gosha primarily worked on improving the user interface and the build process. They made significant changes to the build system by fixing issues with dependency management and bundling of npm modules. The user also implemented and improved the Hot Module Replacement (HMR) functionality to make the development workflow more efficient.
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emberjs/website
Oct 2012 - Sep 2013
Source for emberjs.com
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Gosha primarily contributed to the front-end of the Ember.js website. Their commits focused on improving the API documentation by adding features like remembering visibility preferences using local storage. The user also enhanced the build section, refactoring templates to avoid duplication and adding github-style copy functionality. Additionally, they updated the build section, including title and download links.
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