Summary
Sergey Kibish is a Senior Principal Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in fintech and insurtech, known for turning chaotic systems into clear, maintainable architectures. He combines hands-on backend, DevOps, cloud and QA expertise with strong product empathy—listening to customers to simplify solutions and deliver measurable outcomes like 5x faster settlement processing. Sergey has led complex cross-team migrations, modernized engineering practices, and doubled SaaS performance while enabling major platform integrations across APAC and EMEA. A mentor and organizer (GDG Riga/DevFest), he pairs practical implementation with strategic planning, identifying hidden dependencies and phased delivery paths. Unobvious but characteristic: he frames technical problems as “manipulating abstractions,” preferring clarity over cleverness to reduce long-term complexity.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science at Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TSI)
Udacity
University of Colorado Boulder