Kaspars Žarinovs
Associate Director Of Engineering, Web Services
Riga, Latvia
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Top SchoolKaspars Žarinovs is an experienced software leader and Associate Director of Engineering focused on web services, with 14 years in development and over a decade shaping architectures and teams. He began as a full‑stack developer and has progressively specialized in back-end, API design, and cloud infrastructure while retaining front-end fluency. Skilled in Node, TypeScript/JavaScript, PHP (Laravel), MySQL/Postgres, MongoDB, Redis and AWS, he combines hands-on coding with strategic technical direction and has led teams of up to 10 engineers. Kaspars has held progressive leadership roles at Fueled and served as CTO and lead developer at smaller firms, consistently shipping scalable API platforms. He pairs an MSc in Internet Technologies with practical experience building real-time systems (WebSockets) and mentoring early-career developers, making him both a technical executor and a developer coach. Based in Riga, he brings a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to turning complex requirements into reliable production services.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computing and Information Technologies, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computing and Information Technologies at Riga Technical UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Āgenskalna Valsts ĢimnāzijaMaster of Science (MSc), Internet Technologies and Enterprise Computing, Master of Science (MSc), Internet Technologies and Enterprise Computing at Newcastle University
Latvian, English, Russian
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Github Skills (28)
tailwindcss10
nextjs9
apollo-server9
react9
nodejs6
android6
backbutton6
javascript6
boilerplate5
apollo5
eslint5
typescript4
prisma3
graphql3
django1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Fueled/nodejs-graphql-template
May 2022 - Nov 2022
Opinionated starter template for NodeJS based GraphQL Server with prisma used at Fueled.
Contributions:1 review, 27 commits, 3 PRs in 6 months
boilerplateprismaeslintjestgraphql-server
Fueled/typescript-standards
Jul 2023 - Mar 2024
TypeScript style guide used internally at Fueled.
Contributions:4 PRs, 13 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
eslintjavascripttypescript
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