My vast experience in technology and software architecture helps to choose the tools best fit to reach a mission, not the other way around. I’m outgoing, thorough, dependable and eager to learn.
BACKEND ENGINEER, MENTOR & TEAM LEAD @ Team Engine (Jan 2021 - Sept 2024)
- Worked on a large code base with fine-grained logic (Elixir, PostgreSQL)
- Led key architectural initiatives: Introduce Oban, LiveView & Dx
- Hired 5 developers and 1 designer, from job ad to onboarding
- Set up new infrastructure and CI with automated per-branch environments (AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions)
- Implemented several highly-efficient data export features
BACKEND ENGINEER & MENTOR @ LIQID Investments (Jun 2017 - Jan 2021)
- Developed reactive service to keep data in Salesforce in sync with our backend (Elixir, RabbitMQ, GraphQL) employing reactive and declarative programming paradigms and elaborate integration test setup to separate business logic from execution and enable quick iterations
- Closely coordinated with product management on software architecture, project structure and planning, process improvements, and staffing
CO-FOUNDER, CTO @ AskVira (Oct 2016 - Mar 2017)
- Developed main components of real-time focused backend (Elixir/Phoenix, MySQL) and frontend (Ember.js)
- Integrated various outsourced services for features such as video conferencing (Tokbox), authentication and authorization (Auth0), file storage (S3), client notifications (websockets, Apple Push Notifications)
- Recruited and managed team of 2 full-time senior devs in Kiev (Ukraine) and 3 freelancers in Berlin
- Responsible for product planning (User Story Boards) and project management (Scrum, Jira, Portfolio for Jira)
RESEARCHER, PH.D. @ EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment (Oct 2015 - Jul 2016)
- Developed empirical research tool to manage and data on research activities of research institutions (Ruby on Rails, ActiveAdmin, MySQL, Elasticsearch)
BACKEND ENGINEER @ Minodes (Sep 2014 - Sep 2015) Initiated and developed several operation-critical backend systems:
- a new product to ingest, aggregate and analyze iBeacon signals (Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis)
- a new authentication and authorization service for single sign-on across the companies’ apps (Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL)
CO-FOUNDER, CTO @ Tame (Dec 2011 - Aug 2014)
- Developed heavily background processing-based backend infrastructure (Ruby on Rails, Sidekiq, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB)
- Recruited and managed a growing dev team (5 devs in 2014)
- Integrated various external services, such as the Twitter API, Diffbot (link resolver) and Imgix (on-demand image processing)
- Responsible for infrastructure, product and project management (Jira)
- Founder team attained EXIST scholarship (worth €100k), €250k in Crowdfunding, German Silicon Valley Accelerator (GSVA), other funding