Kristian Faeldt
Chief Technology Officer at Amazon
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKristian Faeldt is a seasoned technology leader with 13 years of engineering and management experience, currently serving as Chief Technology Officer at Veeqo after a multi-year leadership tenure at Amazon. He has a strong track record scaling ecommerce and platform engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-throughput systems that connect inventory, fulfillment, and shipping across global channels. Equally comfortable in hands-on development and executive strategy, Kristian’s background spans back-end services, Node.js tooling and front-end platform leadership across international companies including Rakuten and Fast Retailing. He contributes to open source (notably maintaining a Node.js redis-mock library), reflecting a practical focus on testability and developer experience. Based in Swansea with academic ties to Japanese studies, he blends cross-cultural insight with technical depth to build teams that value balance and practical outcomes. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic, dog-friendly leader who prioritizes efficient systems and healthy team culture.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Japanese Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Japanese Studies at Lund University交換留学 日本思想史, 交換留学 日本思想史 at Tohoku University
Japanese, Chinese, スウェーデン語
Github Skills (5)
nodejs10
javascript10
redis10
testing9
unit-testing8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
faeldt/redis-mock
Apr 2013 - Jan 2015
Node.js redis client mock
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 5 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Kristian's commits primarily focus on updating and maintaining the `redis-mock` Node.js library. They addressed breaking changes in a testing library (`should.js`), updating tests to ensure compatibility. Furthermore, the user merged changes, updated the `README`, and addressed error messages. The contributions demonstrate a focus on ensuring the library's functionality and testability.
redisredis-clientnode-jsjavascriptnodejs
faeldt/base64id
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:1 commit, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 day
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