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Berlin, Germany

Inkitt is the world's first data-powered content house, providing a platform to discover hidden talents and turn them into globally successful authors. At Inkitt, we connect creativity, data, and software engineering in a way that no other company has done before. We are solving the publishing industry’s biggest problem – fair and objective talent discovery.- Lead a cross functional team of 10 Senior and Principal engineers in the core platform domain- Deliver of business critical services and features with a high impact- Own Platform Architecture and long term Tech strategy- Play a crucial role in management team, driving business development through innovative technology solutions that directly impact business growth and success. Inkitt successfully closed Series B with evaluation over $300M lead by Kleiner Perkins and NEA- Responsible for hiring processes growing a team from 3 to 10+- Lead company-wide security efforts to protect data and mitigate cybersecurity risks effectively- Assembling a high-performing team and collaboratively setting and achieving key results (OKRs) to drive excellence and accomplishment within the organization. This includes cultivating rising stars and aligning team objectives with overarching company goals to deliver exceptional outcomes- Oversaw and managed the engineering budget, implement cost-saving strategies and optimize resource allocation- Communication and collaboration with external partners (Google, Amazon, DoiT, Mongo, etc)- Improved engineering productivity by adding automation, CI/CD and load testing, ultimately increasing the deployment frequency by 5x- Established a dedicated team of data engineers enabling efficient processing of terabytes of data in data warehouse, implemented SLOs, and established robust monitoring for data pipelines while effectively managing system costs- Reengineered Inkitt's event collection system, enabling the collection and analysis of over 1 billion user events daily

Berlin, Germany

I directed a cross-functional team of 4 engineers, delivering critical services and owning the Inkitt platform's architecture and long-term tech strategy. I developed and drove team growth, played a key role in driving business development, ensured data security, managed budget, and significantly increased engineering productivity. Provide strategic visions for the teams in accordance with the company strategy. Optimization of agile workflows inside the team. Managed development, testing, and DevOps activities ensuring that product requirements were met.

Berlin, Germany

I conceptualized, crafted, and managed software solutions while also serving as the guiding force for a team of developers. My role involved offering technical expertise and steering projects to their successful completion. The result of these efforts was the creation and delivery of top-tier software products aligned with the objectives of the business.

Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

- Designed, developed, and oversaw software solutions- Led a team of developers, provided technical guidance, and ensured the successful execution of projects- Developed and delivered high-quality software products that meet business goals- Developed a backend platform for one of the largest news media website in Russia, that handles thousands requests per second using Go as a main language, Redis, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes. - Developed Content Management System with sophisticated publishing logic for different news medias. Highlights: Ruby, Ruby on Rails. - Worked on development from the scratch to production a live video streaming platform. Highlights: Kubernetes, Go, Ruby- Created a backend platform for a website to provide an information about popularity of bloggers. Highlights: ClickHouse, Postgres, Ruby

Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia