Mārtiņš Balodis
CEO at Web Scraper
Riga, Latvia
Summary
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Top SchoolMārtiņš Balodis is a founder and CEO with 14 years of hands-on software engineering experience who built and runs Web Scraper, a widely used Chrome extension for web data extraction. He combines full-stack expertise—from front-end feature work and UI refinements to backend crawling services—with a disciplined, automation-first approach to development (static analysis, CI tests, one-click deployments). His background spans academic lab systems, large-scale AWS contest infrastructure, and enterprise automation, giving him practical strengths in Linux server automation, containerization, and distributed data processing. Notably, he personally implements core extension features like image selection and data preview while driving product-level engineering and refactoring efforts. Based in Riga, Latvia, he pairs entrepreneurial leadership with deep technical craftsmanship and a long-standing passion for replacing repetitive human work with reliable automated solutions.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Highschool Math Computer science, Highschool Math Computer science at Rīgas Valsts 1. ģimnāzijaMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Latvijas Universitate
English, Latvian
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Github Skills (24)
javascript10
browser-extension10
css10
css-selectors10
chrome-extension10
chrome-app10
html10
chrome-plugin10
eloquent9
jquery9
laravel9
bootstra8
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
martinsbalodis/web-scraper-chrome-extension
Nov 2013 - May 2017
Web data extraction tool implemented as chrome extension
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:217 commits, 1 push, 65 comments in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Mārtiņš primarily contributed to the front-end development of the web scraper Chrome extension. They implemented new features, such as the image selector, and enhanced existing ones. Their work also included styling updates to the CSS and adding new features such as the browser action button and data preview modal, all of which are core functionality of the extension. They also refactored code and fixed bugs.
extractionjavascriptdata-extractionchromeweb-data-extraction
martinsbalodis/docker-selenium
May 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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