Vlad Esafev
Founding Engineer at Fira
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarVlad Esafev is a product-minded founding engineer based in London with nine years of experience building clear, well-designed developer tools and features. Currently a founding engineer at Fira, he brings a pragmatic blend of product sensibility and hands-on engineering to early-stage product development. Vlad focuses on clarity in design and implementation, prioritising developer experience and maintainable systems. He combines startup grit with thoughtful UX-driven engineering, often bridging product decisions and technical trade-offs. Colleagues would describe him as someone who surfaces the right technical constraints early to accelerate shipping without sacrificing long-term quality.
9 years of coding experience
English, Russian, Icelandic
Github Skills (54)
markdown10
javascript10
docker10
mobx10
typescript10
nextjs10
slack10
ai10
nodejs10
react10
llm9
google-maps9
maps8
unleash8
typescript-definitions8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
esafev/thoughts
Nov 2022 - Jul 2026
Personal entrypoint
Contributions:136 reviews, 282 PRs, 281 pushes in 3 years 7 months
esafev/esafev
Sep 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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