Alim Kashka Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ireland

- Managed the game server team, ensuring high levels of server performance and reliability.- As a Tech Lead, I was responsible for the backend architecture and worked in collaboration with the CTO to develop strategic solutions for the game's technical infrastructure.- Collaborated with the lead producer to assess game designer requirements, decompose tasks, create plans, and manage project timelines, breaking them down into sprints for optimal team workflow.- Developed requirements for the DevOps team to establish efficient continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) processes.- Created services for interacting with the database, ensuring efficient and secure storage of game data.- Developed mechanisms for interacting with analytics services to collect and analyze game activity data.- Planned and organized load testing to ensure the stable operation of game servers under high-load conditions.- Designed various in-game services in accordance with game designer requirements, including chat development, game map and map entities structure, training and interaction mechanics with troops, interaction mechanics with in-game heroes, and other game features.- Created alliance systems and player interactions with alliances, including bonus and boost systems to encourage cooperation.- Designed game mechanics such as leaderboards, rankings, player profiles, city development, loot mechanics, and inventory management, as well as many other unique features to add diversity and interest to the gameplay.We were developing the systems and infrastructure for a massively multiplayer mobile game, built on Google Cloud using .NET. I also spent some time working on client code, where it was beneficial.

Krasnodar, Russia

- Creation and maintenance of highload game back-ends- Definition and implementation of game mechanics- Integration of third-party services including billing- Work with several teams of analytics- Operate integration and protocols between client and server- Leading correspondence, holding meetings, giving presentations.Over those six years my work has been related to mobile MMO strategy game Vikings: War of Clans. I have been actively involved in writing game mechanics and maintaining services since the project was created. In addition, I am responsible for the creation and integrating tools for collecting game analytics, tools that allow the support team to interact with player accounts, and also integrating all third-party services created both in Plarium and beyond, including integration of payment services, linking accounts to social networks, etc. Throughout these five years our team has been maintaining a high pace in the development and promotion of the project. I am totally aware that at any time, regardless of the time of day, a server-side developer needs to be prepared to solve various problems and face challenges.

Crimea, Ukraine

- Working as a server-side programmer on a variety of games

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Technology

Junior Lieutenant (Res.), Technical-Engineer