Mikk Kirstein
Engineering Manager at Dashbird
Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolMikk Kirstein is an engineering manager and founder with 13 years of experience building and scaling backend and frontend systems across startups and fast-growing product companies. He co-founded Dashbird and transitioned from CTO to executive roles at Bolt and now Zendesk, blending hands-on development (Node.js/TypeScript, PHP, Ember.js) with team leadership and delivery ownership. Known for mentoring teams, driving process improvements, and “nudging people to break more things,” he focuses on shipping resilient, high-performance services and pragmatic engineering culture. His background spans telecom portals, robotics (Starship), and observability at Dashbird, giving him a knack for integrating complex systems and developer workflows. Based in Estonia, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with deep operational experience and a playful curiosity—he even notes an affinity for turtles on his GitHub.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Tallinna TehnikaülikoolNõmme Gümnaasium
Estonian, English
Github Skills (64)
angularjs10
backend10
reactstrap10
directive10
viml9
buttons9
javascript9
simplify9
disable9
toggl9
api-documentation9
angular9
api8
react-table8
plugin-development8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kirstein/angular-disqus
May 2013 - Nov 2015
Contributions:33 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 years 6 months
reactdisqusdirectivelifesimplify
kirstein/dotfiles
Feb 2013 - Dec 2019
Contributions:126 commits, 99 pushes in 6 years 10 months
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