Kolja Esders
Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolKolja Esders is a seasoned software engineer and founder with 11 years’ experience building large-scale AI systems and distributed infrastructure from Zurich. After a high-impact tenure as Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead at Google where his work delivered a high 8-figure ARR for YouTube with an unusually low cost-to-revenue ratio, he now co-founded a stealth startup focused on next-generation systems. He combines hands-on engineering with product leadership dating back to early co-founding experience and product roles at Refimo and Movinga. Kolja’s background in computer science from KIT and program experience at Stanford informs a pragmatic, research-aware approach to system design. He fields freelance inquiries on AI systems and distributed infra and prefers engagements that bridge scalable architecture and measurable business outcomes. Known for squeezing disproportionate ROI from infrastructure investments, he thrives on turning complex distributed problems into efficient, production-grade solutions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)ME310 / SUGAR, ME310 / SUGAR at Stanford University
English, German
Github Skills (49)
graph-algorithms10
ios10
mobile-development10
python10
network-analysis10
windows10
app-framework10
skiasharp10
mobile-game10
horizon10
networkit10
cross-platform10
graph-analysis10
desktop10
material-design10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kolja-esders/pay-hero
Nov 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:126 commits in 1 year
kolja-esders/zefyr
Mar 2019 - Nov 2020
Soft and gentle rich text editing for Flutter applications.
Contributions:1 PR, 35 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 8 months
text-editingdartrich-textgentleflutter
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