Valeri Karpov
Founder & CEO at MeanIT Software
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolValeri Karpov is a founder and engineering leader with over a decade of hands-on experience building backend systems, developer tooling, and open-source libraries. Based in Miami Beach, he founded MeanIT Software after senior engineering roles at Booster Fuels and MongoDB, where he split time between core server tooling, drivers, and education initiatives. He is a prolific contributor to major OSS projects in the MongoDB ecosystem and to Temporal’s TypeScript SDK and docs, improving authentication, cross-platform support, SDK stability, and developer experience. Valeri blends product-minded leadership with deep implementation skills in Node.js, Go, and database drivers, frequently shipping fixes that improve real-world reliability and debuggability. He also writes and teaches—authoring Material around Mongoose and Mastering JS—bringing a discipline for clear documentation and developer education. That combination of founding experience, low-level driver work, and technical writing makes him particularly effective at turning complex distributed systems into reliable, usable developer platforms.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, Computer Science, High School Diploma, Computer Science at Bergen County AcademiesBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science at Princeton University
English, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Norwegian, Croatian
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Github Skills (33)
mongoose10
javascript10
back-end-development10
kerberos10
apidoc10
temporal10
testing10
windows10
databases10
work-flow10
user-authentication10
authentication10
typescript10
workflow-engine10
mongodb-database10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/mongoose
Apr 2014 - Jan 2023
MongoDB object modeling designed to work in an asynchronous environment.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 1751 reviews, 11725 commits in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Valeri's contributions primarily focused on the core functionalities of Mongoose, a MongoDB object modeling tool designed for asynchronous environments. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of the library's internal workings, including fixing bugs, refactoring existing code, and adding new features like support for a custom schema-level option. The user was involved in ensuring data integrity, working on nested paths, and addressing issues related to document and array handling, highlighting expertise in database interactions.
pythonasynchronousmongoodmmodeling
temporalio/samples-typescript
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:71 reviews, 133 commits, 49 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Valeri primarily contributed to the development of examples within the repository, focusing on Temporal. These contributions include implementing workflows, activities, and related components using TypeScript. The user also worked on integrating external services and handling asynchronous operations.
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