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Saint Petersburg, Ru

Lisbon, Portugal

GIO is an AI powered app for studio-quality portraits.• management• mentoring• technical interviews• crash-free users 99.85%• editor (serverside and local AI tools)

Budva, Montenegro

Prequel is an advanced Photo/Video editing app with a custom graphical engine and AI tools. I was an Android developer in the core team, which is responsible for the development of the graphics engine, as well as for the integration of AI models.• improved camera module performance• wrote an algorithm for building waveform and subsampling• encrypted and integrated face recognition and body segmentation AI models• fixed several non-trivial bugs related to OpenGL rendering• worked a little with JNI and C++

St Petersburg City, Russia

During my tenure as an Android Developer in the Yandex.Mail team, I had the opportunity to work on a variety of challenging projects. My primary focus was on the development of the Android Yandex.Mail application. I successfully implemented numerous features that significantly improved the application's income and stability. These enhancements also sparked interest in the b2b segment, expanding our market reach.One of my key contributions was the implementation of a library with common Y360 code. This library not only streamlined the development process in Yandex.Mail but was also integrated into Yandex.Disk and Yandex.Telemost. It effectively helped us avoid duplication of work, increasing our team's efficiency.I also took part in the initiation of the Yandex Payment SDK project. This project simplified the process of integrating payment functionality into the applications of all Yandex teams, thereby enhancing the user experience across our suite of products.As part of my professional growth, I took on the role of a mentor for an intern Android developer. This experience was rewarding as I was able to share my knowledge and skills. The intern was later absorbed into the company.I had the unique opportunity to serve as both a feature manager and developer for the Y360 beauty mail address feature. This experience broadened my skill set, allowing me to gain valuable management experience.Moreover, I implemented debug screen functionality on Flutter for A/B tests and successfully integrated it into iOS and Android Yandex.Mail applications. This feature accelerated our testing process, allowing us to optimize our applications more effectively.

Samara, Russia

Eventicious is a mobile app for events and conferences. I was an individual contributor.• made a presentation about Flutter, its pros and cons, and why it will be better for the company to prefer it over ReactNative• set up and integrated Flutter into the existing Eventicious application• single-handedly wrote three QR code scanner apps with similar functionalityAdditionally, I participated in the Telegram chart contest, where my team and I were honored with one of the prizes.

Samara, Russia

MiMedia is a cloud-based media backup application. I was an Android developer in the outsourcing team.• implemented the video trim feature using the FFmpeg library and a bit of C++• contributed to the application’s photo editor crop and color correction functionality• fixed a lot of bugs and improved app's overall stability