Kristaps Austers
Technical Lead, Front-End Engineering at Printify
Latvia
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Top SchoolKristaps Austers is a Technical Lead in Front-End Engineering with 12 years of experience building user-centric web interfaces and scalable component libraries. Based in Latvia, he has progressed from hands-on front-end roles to leading merchant-experience teams at Printify, where he mentors engineers and drives cross-project UI consistency. He’s known for pragmatic engineering improvements—like a 30× build-time improvement at MikroTik—and for modernizing build systems and developer workflows across banking and SaaS platforms. Comfortable bridging design and engineering, Kristaps combines TypeScript, Webpack expertise, and a product-minded approach to deliver performant, maintainable front-end systems.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Economics, International Economics and Commercial Diplomacy, Bachelor of Economics, International Economics and Commercial Diplomacy at Latvijas Universitate / University of LatviaPreparatory courses, Economics and Banking, Preparatory courses, Economics and Banking at Banku AugstskolaRīgas Valsts 3. ģimnāzija
Latvian, Russian, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (120)
storybook10
ui-components10
testing10
ember10
isolation10
javascript10
html10
angular10
storybook-addon10
typescript10
vue10
svelte10
documentation10
react-native10
node-sass10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
kausters/kristapsausters
Feb 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
kausters/redactor-rails
Sep 2014 - Jul 2017
Contributions:37 commits, 6 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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