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.
8 years of coding experience
English, Russian, Icelandic
Github Skills (61)
typescript10
google-maps10
variants9
javascript9
browser9
server9
passwords9
password-generator9
launchdarkly9
react9
unleash9
js9
maps8
mapview8
nextjs8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
esafev/thoughts
Nov 2022 - Apr 2025
entrypoint
Contributions:119 reviews, 230 PRs, 209 pushes in 2 years 4 months
esafev/esafev.com
May 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
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