Where does Alexey Taktarov work?

Alexey Taktarov is Founder of Fira.

Where did Alexey Taktarov go to school?

Alexey Taktarov studied at Y Combinator (W25 Alumni); Halmstad University (Exchange Student, Intelligent and Embedded Systems); Southern Federal University (former Rostov State University) (Master's degree, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science).

Alexey Taktarov

Founder

Founder at Fira

Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

FoundedFira · YC

About

Alexey Taktarov is CTO at Fira and previously co-founded and served as CTO at resume.io, which was acquired in 2021. He has experience building large-scale user bases and maintains open-source projects in React development.

Founder at Fira YC W25

Intro paths

Alexey went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Fira's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Alexey can intro founders to Fira's investors below.

Fira's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Fira

Alex TkachenkoFounder

Experience

ficus.ioFoundercurrent2026 — present
FiraAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
FiraFounder, Chief Technology Officer2024 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
career.ioHead of Engineering, Career.io / Resume.io @ Talent Inc.2021 — 2022
Resume.ioChief Technology Officer, Co-Founder2016 — 2021
ficus.ioCo-Founder2014 — 2018
These GuysWeb Engineering Consultant, Co-Founder2016 — 2017
SmartomatoLead Full-Stack Engineer2014 — 2016

Skills & more

Ruby on Rails7React.js1FigmaClickHouseHTML6C++5JavaScript6CSS6Node.js2React2Docker2PostgreSQL2

+12 more

Product DesignOpen-Source DevelopmentTechnical RecruitingTypeScriptCapistranoCoffeeScriptEmber.jsBusiness DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipServerlessRecruitingPeer Mentoring

Languages Danish · English · Japanese · Russian

From Alexey's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alexey Taktarov?: Alexey Taktarov is CTO at Fira and previously co-founded and served as CTO at resume.io, which was acquired in 2021. He has experience building large-scale user bases and maintains open-source projects in React development.
Where does Alexey Taktarov work?: Alexey Taktarov is Founder of Fira.
What companies did Alexey Taktarov found?: Alexey Taktarov founded Fira.
Where did Alexey Taktarov go to school?: Alexey Taktarov studied at Y Combinator (W25 Alumni); Halmstad University (Exchange Student, Intelligent and Embedded Systems); Southern Federal University (former Rostov State University) (Master's degree, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science).