Career
At Meta, 2016–2022 I built Spark AR platform (IG/FB camera filters, creation tools on mobile and desktop), Polar app and was an engineer @ Oculus platform.
First hire at MSQRD, the company acquired by Facebook in March 2016 when I was still in university. I had to drop out and move to London to continue integrating MSQRD into Facebook. The app had 50+ million MAU and its peak.
Before MSQRD, I was a mobile engineer at Toggl in Estonia. I had experience working for a mobile studio out of NY - Touchappmedia.
First success company I co-founded without any investments is “Dry Fire Timer” in 2013, which hit profitability in 1 month after the launch and still trumps my personal effort:value ratio.
Activities and more
- Angel investments
- Advising early stage companies and startups
Hobbies
- Medicine and Health
- Playing instruments: piano, accordeon
- Running, hikes
Education
- 2013–2017, Computer Science, dropped out
- Courses on ML, Algorithms and Engineering Management within Meta
- Lots of coursera, online courses and mentorships/apprenticeships
Life flies fast
| 2019 | Exceptional Talent in Technology by the UK Government |
| 2017 | FTE Engineer @ Meta & moved to London 🇬🇧 |
| 2016 | MSQRD is acquired by Facebook (now Meta) |
| 2015 | Mobile engineer @ Toggl, first engineer at MSQRD |
| 2014 | Engineer at Humtap, TouchAppMedia |
| 2013 | Founded Dry Fire Timer and more iOS apps |
| 2012 | Active freelance iOS and macOS activity |
| 2011 | Freelance work whole summer for $300/month to buy first MacBook Air |
| 2010 | Finished secondary school in , ~USA 8 Grade |
2013-Current Travel Timeline Here
Some say that
- In 2019, recognized as an Exceptional Talent in Digital Technology by the Tech Nation and the UK Government
