Kostas Mavropalias
Director Of Software Engineering at GLG
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Top SchoolKostas Mavropalias is a seasoned software engineering leader with over 14 years of documented experience and more than 20 years of practice, currently serving as Director of Software Engineering at GLG after a long tenure as Principal Software Engineer. He combines deep full-stack and architecture expertise—spanning React/React Native, Node, Python, serverless AWS, and modern ML/LLM tooling—with a strong product and UX sensibility that consistently aligns technical strategy to business outcomes. A published author and prolific open-source maintainer whose projects reach thousands of users, he pairs hands-on coding with mentor-led leadership to drive delivery excellence. His background in cyberpsychology and user research gives him an unusual edge in building usable, accessible systems that genuinely reflect user needs. Known as a clear communicator and decision-maker, Kostas is comfortable owning technical architecture for large teams while staying closely involved in implementation and innovation.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Honours Computer Science, BSc Honours Computer Science at The University of SheffieldMSc Cyberpsychology, MSc Cyberpsychology at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
English, Greek
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Github Skills (42)
mobx-react10
algolia10
mobx10
typescript10
typescript-react10
material-ui10
travis-ci10
vscode-extension10
vim10
vscode10
firestore10
serverless10
keybindings10
firebase-functions10
firebase10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mavropalias/Instasoda
Sep 2011 - May 2013
Contributions:515 commits in 1 year 7 months
mavropalias/dockerized-twitter-scraper
Aug 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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