Kaspars Putniņš
Frontend Tech Lead at If Insurance
Riga, Latvia
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Top SchoolKaspars Putniņš is a Frontend Tech Lead with 8 years of experience, currently leading the If Design System team where he drives technical direction and infrastructure for reusable UI components. He has a strong track record building design systems, component libraries and front-end tooling across insurance and enterprise contexts, with hands-on expertise in TypeScript, React, Storybook and CI/CD. Kaspars blends practical engineering—implementing micro front-ends, low-code UI tooling and automated claim intake solutions—with team enablement through workshops, code reviews and demos. He’s pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science while continuing to level up his craft, bringing a rare combination of academic rigor and pragmatic product-focused delivery. Notably, his background spans both full-stack and infrastructure-focused roles, giving him a systems view of front-end reliability and developer experience.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Forest Sciences and Biology, Bachelor's degree, Forest Sciences and Biology at Latvia University of Life Sciences and TechnologiesMaster of Computer Science - MCS, Computer Science, Master of Computer Science - MCS, Computer Science at Latvijas Universitate1.level professional higher education, Computer Programming, 1.level professional higher education, Computer Programming at Alberta College
Latvian, English, Russian
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Github Skills (77)
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javascript9
data-visualization9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kputnins/WebCraft
May 2020 - Jun 2022
A Minecraft inspired game engine based on WebGL
Contributions:8 PRs, 24 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 1 month
game-developmentgame-engineminecraftwebgl
kputnins/SDL_Engine
Oct 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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