Kristaps Grinbergs
Riga, Latvia
Summary
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Top SchoolKristaps Grinbergs is a seasoned Web3, full‑stack and mobile developer with 13 years of experience building production products, from co-founding Qminder to shipping Solidity contracts and Next.js apps at Salto X. He blends hands‑on engineering (iOS, Swift, GraphQL, WebSockets) with CTO and product leadership, having led mobile stacks, build/release automation, and platform integrations. An active open‑source contributor, his work touches notable projects like Starscream and Apollo iOS where he improved networking, reconnection and build compatibility. Based in Riga, he mentors technologists, invests in CEE startups, and volunteers on civic and diversity projects that reflect his interest in sustainability and inclusivity. Practically minded and curious, he pairs academic training up to PhD level with startup grit and a habit of keeping tooling and CI current — including maintaining Swift package builds for evolving iOS targets. Outside work he loves mobile apps, open source and cats.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Latvijas Universitate
Latvian, English, German, Russian
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Github Skills (27)
ios10
bash10
websocket10
wpgraphql10
script10
wordpress-graphql10
build-automation10
graphql10
swift10
macos10
apollo10
caching9
networking9
fastlane9
websockets-client9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
daltoniam/Starscream
Oct 2018 - Sep 2021
Websockets in swift for iOS and OSX
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:3 releases, 34 commits, 26 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Kristaps primarily focused on updating and maintaining the Starscream library, a WebSocket client for iOS and macOS. They updated the project to support Swift 4.2, refactored the example project by removing a submodule, and cleaned up project files. Additionally, the user added a build script and incorporated a release action using fastlane.
websocketsosxprotocolwebsocketswift
marmelroy/Localize-Swift
Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
Swift friendly localization and i18n with in-app language switching
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:2 releases, 14 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Kristaps focused on maintaining and updating the build process for the `localize-swift` project. Their contributions primarily involved modifying the `build.sh` script to support newer iOS versions and simulators. Additionally, they made changes to the Swift Package Manager configuration (Package.swift) demonstrating an understanding of build system integration. These updates ensured the project remained compatible with evolving development environments.
localetranslationinternationalizationswiftswitching
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