I’ve been working as a Software Engineer since 2005, and for the last decade I've collaborated with US-based companies.
I’m passionate about:
- Leading and growing high-performance engineering teams
- Designing backend architectures and scalable APIs
- Improving development processes and mentoring engineers
- Building intelligent systems and conversational bots
- Learning new technologies and delivering results on time
Leading engineering efforts in the Commerce division.
- Grew a team from 1 backend developer to 42 people across 4 pods
- Conducted 1:1s, mentored tech leads, improved processes
- Managed hiring for nearly every engineer who joined
- Worked closely with the CTO on team structure & technical strategy
Tech stack: Python (Django, DRF), FastAPI, ArangoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, React, Next.js, Feathers.js, Stripe, Google Places API
Worked for SoulCycle (E-commerce team).
Tech stack: PHP (Slim), Node.js, MySQL, Docker, Backbone.js, Handlebars, Twig
Built and maintained API endpoints and reporting dashboards.
Tech stack: Silex, Mustache, PHP, MySQL, Selenium
- Python
- Node.js
- Golang
- PHP
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- SQL (MySQL), NoSQL (ArangoDB)
- Django / DRF
- FastAPI
- Gin Gonic
- React, Next.js
- Express.js
- Slim, Silex, Zend Framework
- Docker, Kubernetes
- Kafka
- gRPC
- Git, Postman
- Stripe, Google Places API, SendGrid
- PHPUnit, Mockery, Selenium
- Scaling engineering teams
- Hiring & interviewing
- 1:1s, mentorship & career development
- Process improvement
- Cross-functional collaboration (QA, UX, PM, BA)
- Breaking up a Node.js monolith into modern, scalable services
- Building Golang microservices
- Using Gin Gonic for fast and clean Go APIs
- Implementing Kafka as a distributed message broker
- Designing service-to-service communication with gRPC
- Using AI to build stuff fast
I’ve delivered hundreds of web systems, mentored dozens of developers, and still get excited about solving a good bug.