Ivars Jukāms is a seasoned CTO and backend-focused software engineer from Riga with over 15 years of experience building web services and payment systems. He specializes in PHP and relational databases (MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL), frameworks like Laravel and ZF2, and integration work using SOAP/REST and complex regular expressions. Ivars has progressed from hands-on development of micro-payment and civic services to leading technical strategy and delivery for financial platforms, currently overseeing product engineering as CTO. Known for pragmatic architecture and automation, he has repeatedly taken responsibility for design, planning and team leadership across startups and established media and government projects. He also brings uncommon operational depth—having built payment processing and web-crawling systems early in his career—which strengthens his ability to balance reliability, compliance and rapid feature delivery.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Business management Information technology management, Bachelor’s Degree Business management Information technology management at Ventspils Augstskola / Ventspils University of Applied Sciences
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Latvijas Universitate
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Ivars Jukāms - Chief Technology Officer at Corporate Solutions