Can Rau
CTO & Co-Founder at konduktum
Peru
Summary
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RockstarCan Rau is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder with 11 years of experience building and scaling web products from Peru, currently serving as CTO at konduktum. He combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership, having previously led technology at GaiAma and shepherded teams through product and platform growth. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core front-end tooling in the widely used Gatsby framework—enhancing media handling, image processing, and JSX support—to make developer experiences smoother. He writes about engineering and shipping code on his personal site, and brings a pragmatic, product-minded approach to technical decision-making. Outside work he’s a cat dad in Cusco, reflecting a grounded, personable leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
German, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
gatsbyjs10
static-site-generation10
react10
gatsby10
localhost9
image-processing9
wpgraphql9
wordpress9
wordpress-graphql9
php9
webapp9
macos9
graphql9
testing8
Programming languages (33)
Github contributions (5)
gatsbyjs/gatsby
Feb 2018 - Feb 2020
React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 19 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Can primarily focused on improving the functionality of the Gatsby framework, a React-based static site generator. They addressed the integration of various media types, specifically adding support for `text/jsx` within the `gatsby-transformer-javascript-frontmatter` module. Further, the user updated and added testing for the `gatsby-plugin-sharp` module and extended the `gatsby-remark-images` for more customizable image styling, impacting image handling and the user experience. The commits demonstrate an ability to modify core framework functionality to improve its versatility.
reactsecuritygatsbystatic-site-generatorweb-app
CanRau/dotfiles
Aug 2018 - Jun 2025
Contributions:41 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 10 months
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