Andris Čauss
Senior Software Engineer
Experienced in building high-traffic websites and APIs. Also a keen gamer and passionate motorcyclist.
Andris Čauss
Senior Software Developer
Senior software developer with over 20 years in web development, specialising in React and TypeScript. Experienced in building complex financial, healthcare and real-time applications, and comfortable leading development and working across the stack, from application architecture and user experience to backend services.
Skills
Technical Skills
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
PHP
Node.js
React
Svelte
Next.js
RxJS
WebSockets
Web3
AI tooling
Language Skills
English
Latvian
Russian
German
Experience
Fanbase.com
Lead Front-end Developer (contract)
20 May, 2024 - 12 Nov, 2026A creator platform for paid content, messaging and live streaming, with cryptocurrency payments.
- Led the web application’s architecture and development, set front-end conventions and reviewed other developers’ work.
- Built wallet and payment features across EVM and Solana networks, covering smart contract interactions, purchases and withdrawals. Integrated wallet sign-in using Dynamic and later migrated to Privy.
- Developed live streaming, real-time messaging and paid media features, and built an agency CRM with supporting backend services.
- Used Claude Code throughout development and created custom skills and MCP servers to support AI-assisted workflows.
Our Future Health
Front-end Developer (contract)
16 Jan, 2023 - 17 May, 2024The UK’s largest health research programme, bringing volunteers together to help researchers prevent, detect and treat disease.
- Built a web application for participants and clinical staff to manage registration and blood sample workflows, using Node.js and Nunjucks templates.
- Built interfaces following NHS usability and accessibility guidance as well as the NHS design approach.
Adelante
React Developer (contract)
16 Aug, 2021 - 15 Apr, 2022SmartPay is income management software used by UK local authorities.
- Designed and built the bank reconciliation module in React and TypeScript, integrating it with the existing SmartPay suite.
- Created virtualised table component with resizable columns and configuration persistence to support large volumes of transactions.
Ensurex
React Developer (contract)
8 Mar, 2021 - 11 Jun, 2021A Canadian startup developing a blockchain-backed platform for insurance and loan management.
- Designed and built the React and TypeScript front end as the sole front-end developer, working alongside a backend developer.
- Created a custom component library and integrated Azure Active Directory authentication; built a mock API to support development.
MarketAxess
React Developer (contract)
24 Aug, 2020 - 5 Mar, 2021MarketAxess operates electronic trading platforms for bonds and other fixed-income products.
- Developed a real-time municipal bond trading dashboard using React, Redux and RxJS.
- Built a mock server to simulate the dashboard’s REST and real-time services during development.
Adaptive Financial Consulting
React Developer (contract)
23 Jul, 2018 - 12 Dec, 2019A financial technology consultancy developing a platform combining market data, news and events to help users make investment decisions.
- Led a team of three developers and built the React and TypeScript application for browsers and OpenFin, a desktop platform for financial applications.
- Implemented real-time updates and synchronisation between active desktop windows using OpenFin’s Channel API.
- Helped build a custom component library with themes to support white labelling client branding.
Linklaters Nakhoda
React Developer (contract)
4 Jun, 2018 - 20 Jul, 2018The legal technology arm of Linklaters, working on ISDA Create, a platform for firms to create and negotiate financial contracts electronically.
- Developed online tools and modernised existing applications.
- Helped replace a paper-based process, in which firms marked up printed contracts by hand, with an electronic negotiation and execution platform.
NBCUniversal
React Developer (contract)
4 Feb, 2017 - 11 May, 2018Unwrapt was a digital film gifting service designed to let recipients redeem films on their preferred participating platforms.
- Developed PHP microservices for authentication, film data, payments and voucher redemption.
- Built a React and TypeScript content management system for film data and website content, working closely with UI designers and UX specialists.
Rise Applications
PHP developer (contract)
4 Apr, 2015 - 12 Jul, 2016Rise Applications developed Supe, a mobile platform where content creators could share paid or time-limited media.
- Designed and built the PHP API supporting Supe’s mobile application and content management system.
- Implemented media-processing workflows covering image resizing, orientation correction, watermarking, S3 storage and push notifications.
- Developed endpoints for accounts, subscriptions and messaging, including mobile and PayPal payments, withdrawals and Instagram integration.
eBooks By Sainsbury's
PHP developer (contract)
4 Nov, 2013 - 31 Oct, 2014Sainsbury’s e-book service, previously Anobii.
- Developed and maintained the customer-facing website, content management system and pricing API.
- Worked on a new backend API for Sainsbury’s Entertainment on Demand, alongside a separate team building the customer-facing website.
Raymond James Investment Services
PHP developer (contract)
3 Jun, 2013 - 18 Oct, 2013An investment and wealth management firm.
- Developed a Zend Framework application bringing multiple financial backend services into a single web interface.
- Designed the integration layer to retrieve information from individual services and save updates across multiple systems.
- Implemented address lookup using Royal Mail’s Postcode Address File.
BBH Global
PHP developer (contract)
12 Apr, 2013 - 29 Apr, 2013An international advertising agency working with major consumer brands.
- Rebuilt a legacy survey application used to send questionnaires to client managers at brands including Audi, Virgin Media and British Airways.
- Built a content management system for clients, client groups, questions and user permissions.
- Added reporting tools with charts and graphs.
Secret Sales
PHP developer (contract)
8 Aug, 2012 - 17 Jan, 2013A flash-sales retailer offering discounted branded products through limited-time online promotions.
- Developed features for the customer-facing website and its content management system.
- Built tools for uploading banner assets and scheduling promotional campaigns.
- Replaced manually produced cohort reports with configurable reporting, date and category filters, and Excel exports.
Badoo
PHP developer (contract)
1 Feb, 2012 - 3 Aug, 2012An international social discovery and dating platform available through web and mobile applications.
- Developed and maintained the PHP API serving iOS, Android and BlackBerry applications, alongside mobile web clients.
- Worked on a backend handling more than 20,000 requests per second, integrating MySQL, Memcache, Facebook and internal C++ services.
Kindred Agency
PHP consultant (contract)
13 Dec, 2011 - 14 Dec, 2011A communications agency creating advertising, PR and digital campaigns for brands and organisations.
- Prepared a technical delivery plan for a major client pitch, defining deliverables, implementation tasks, effort estimates and budget requirements.
Beam TV
PHP developer (contract)
17 Aug, 2011 - 22 Sep, 2011A digital media delivery and content management platform within The Mill Group.
- Helped develop International TV Delivery, a system for distributing television commercials to broadcasters worldwide.
- Contributed to a platform covering delivery orders, commercial metadata, video uploads, format conversion and distribution via FTP or physical media.
VCCP
PHP developer (contract)
22 Jul, 2011 - 5 Aug, 2011An advertising agency working with brands including O2.
- Rebuilt O2’s Reviews and Upcoming Gigs Facebook applications using CodeIgniter.
- Developed a service integrating O2’s Priority API, processing event, venue, artist and ticket information for use in the applications.
Anobii
Senior software developer
13 Apr, 2011 - 24 Jun, 2011A social reading platform combining book discovery, reader communities and e-book retail.
- Planned and developed an API for a customer-facing mobile website.
- Led a small team building the website in Zend Framework and integrating it with the API.
Techlightenment
Lead developer
28 Oct, 2010 - 1 Apr, 2011A social media technology company behind Alchemy Social, a platform for managing Facebook advertising campaigns.
- Maintained and supported Alchemy Social.
- Helped initiate and plan a rewrite of the platform.
Miniclip
Senior PHP developer
3 Mar, 2008 - 22 Oct, 2010An online games publisher operating a browser-based gaming platform.
- Led a team of five PHP developers, including a remote colleague in Estonia, with regular team meetings and code reviews.
- Designed and maintained backend services for games, registration, authentication and highscores, alongside the supporting MySQL databases.
- Developed internal tools for player accounts, games, moderation, advertising, reporting and access control.
- Built a custom advertising system using player demographics and interests, replacing Google AdSense.
- Developed payments for games and subscriptions, integrating Global Collect, Surfpin and SMS payment services.
Slando
Hands-on project manager
3 Jan, 2007 - 29 Feb, 2008An online classifieds business operating websites across Europe and Brazil.
- Defined requirements and managed development priorities across seven national websites.
- Coordinated infrastructure improvements and managed two external developers and a system administrator.
- Built an internal tool to improve advertisement pre-screening and trained staff to use the new features.
Tele2 Latvia
PHP developer
4 Apr, 2004 - 22 Dec, 2006The Latvian mobile-network operator within the Tele2 group.
- As the sole developer, managed requirements and priorities, developed and debugged features, and delivered intranet and extranet systems used by around 2,500 customer-service and dealership staff.
- Developed and supported PHP and MySQL tools for customer contracts, stock management, reporting and user access.
Maxima Group
Junior analyst
23 Nov, 2001 - 6 Feb, 2004A supermarket retailer operating across the Baltic region.
- Analysed sales turnover, profit and loss, and prepared financial and analytical reports.
- Supported the logistics module in SAP R/3, helping users and troubleshooting operational issues.
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