Vladimirs Kotovs
Senior Software Engineer And Competence Lead at Klarna
Stockholm County, Sweden
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Top SchoolVladimirs Kotovs is a senior software engineer and competence lead with 13 years of experience designing and operating large-scale decision and banking systems, currently shaping Klarna’s internal decision-engine platform and risk assessment tooling. He combines deep backend expertise in Java/Kotlin, middleware and system integration with practical experience in mobile banking, PSD2/Open Banking, and production orchestration using Docker/Kubernetes. A seasoned technical coach and interviewer, he drives team onboarding, policy development for risk decisions, and standards for reliable API-driven services. His background includes leading Citadele’s mobile banking projects and participating in national ISO20022 adoption efforts, reflecting both engineering depth and domain influence. Outside work he’s an open-source enthusiast and self-described coffee nerd, hinting at methodical curiosity and hands-on experimentation.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.sc.ing, Computer Science, B.sc.ing, Computer Science at Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University)PhD student, Computer Science, PhD student, Computer Science at Rigas Tehniska UniversitateB.jur, B.jur at Higher School of Social Technologies
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Github Skills (42)
java10
hive10
sql10
hadoop9
sql-query9
scala9
python9
big-data9
presto9
interprocess-communication9
dynamodb8
apache-flink7
rest7
jekyll6
serialization6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rk13/rk13
Sep 2020 - Feb 2026
GitHub profile repo
Contributions:1 review, 20 PRs, 36 pushes in 5 years 6 months
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rk13/docker
Mar 2015 - Mar 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 11 years
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