Summary
Peter Elst is a Senior Software Engineer and tech lead with 12 years of experience building scalable onboarding and signup systems, currently shaping signup experiences at HubSpot. His background spans product-scale engineering at Google—launching and winding down Stadia services and contributing to core backend analytics—and founding roles that explore the future of work through WorkRemoteBetter.com. He combines hands-on backend and tooling expertise with a knack for bridging partner engineering, developer productivity, and data-driven decision making. A seasoned founder and lecturer, he pairs entrepreneurial curiosity with mentoring and technical consultancy across web, mobile and multimedia projects. Based in Greater Dublin, he is also an author and self-described geek who brings pragmatic leadership to complex cross-functional initiatives.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BA, South Asian studies, BA, South Asian studies at Leiden University
Irish, Latin, French, German