Kristopher Kleva
Technical Lead - API Platform
Freeport, Maine, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKristopher Kleva is a Technical Lead for API Platform at L.L.Bean with over 12 years of hands-on experience building and evolving enterprise e-commerce and API infrastructure. He combines deep technical stewardship with platform evangelism, driving scalable integration patterns and developer experience across the organization. Based in Freeport, Maine, he pairs corporate leadership with active community engagement as a board member for cultural and equity-focused nonprofits and as a fractional business mentor. Kristopher helps entrepreneurs, emerging artists, and nonprofits translate technical strategy into sustainable operations, emphasizing inclusive vendor practices and resilient leadership. His background spans senior e-commerce development through platform architecture, making him adept at turning complex legacy systems into maintainable, API-first solutions. Colleagues rely on him not just for technical direction but for mentorship that bridges technology, business, and civic impact.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
DeVry University
Stackoverflow
63reputation
4kreached
2answers
5questions
Github Skills (8)
json6
querydsl6
nodejs6
api6
javascript6
apigee6
api-management1
lifecycle1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mainedrones/betafpv-support
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 7 pushes in 6 days
mainedrones/betaflight
Apr 2018 - Sep 2018
Maine Drone Betaflight Support
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 4 branches in 4 months
dronebetaflight
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