Founder Profile
Gatis Dukurs
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Background
Gatis Dukurs possessed an incredibly rigorous, deeply technical background in advanced software engineering, complex database architecture, and massive-scale API integrations. Operating as a fiercely capable backend developer who possessed deep expertise in high-volume transaction routing, this intensely technical foundation provided the exact engineering leverage required to successfully co-found the incredibly massive Printify technology platform.
Founding Story
Gatis Dukurs is a highly brilliant software engineer, fiercely skilled digital architect, and the profoundly influential technical co-founder fundamentally responsible for programming the absolute structural backend of the massive Printify fulfillment network. Operating as an incredibly talented developer alongside Berdigans and Kehris in 2015, Dukurs aggressively spearheaded the incredibly complex backend engineering required to seamlessly route millions of highly customized digital orders to a massive, highly fragmented network of independent global print facilities. By relentlessly building highly scalable, incredibly secure API pipelines that instantly synchronized massive Shopify and Etsy storefronts with real-time manufacturing data, his absolutely rigorous technical execution completely guaranteed the operational survival of the rapidly scaling startup. His massive engineering legacy permanently established the technical foundation of the multi-billion dollar Printify ecosystem.