CTO / VP of Engineering / Solution Architect

Experience

Dynamic and seasoned IT professional with over 15 years of commercial extensive experience with 10 years in leadership roles such as CTO, Solution Architect, VPE, and Lead Developer. Excels in driving innovation and delivering successful projects across various industries including AdTech, GameDev, and eCommerce. Committed to leveraging cutting-edge technologies and methodologies to achieve rapid MVP development and sustainable growth.

My main responsibilities:
- Spearheaded the definition of technology stacks, architecture design, and infrastructure setup for new projects, while providing ongoing support and optimization for existing ones;
- Drove the development of technical specifications aligned with business requirements, focusing on rapid MVP development, a/b testing and experimentation;
- Analyzed and rectified performance issues, identified bottlenecks, and implemented technical and architectural optimizations to enhance system efficiency;
- Led the planning and implementation of development processes, ensuring seamless workflow and efficient project delivery;
- Facilitated cross-project collaboration, coordinating functionality, tasks, and deadlines across teams to meet project milestones;
- Built and nurtured high-performing teams, conducting interviews, and evaluating candidates based on technical proficiency and cultural fit;
- Assessed employee productivity and conducted salary reviews to ensure fair compensation and maintain team morale;
- Established comprehensive work frameworks encompassing operational, financial, and marketing processes to support organizational objectives.

Skills:
- Leadership and Team Management;
- Strategic Planning and Decision-making;
- Adaptability and Flexibility;
- GTD, BDD, R&D, MVP, PoC;

Technologies:
- Rust, Golang, PHP, Node.js, JavaScript;
- Snowflake, MySQL, ClickHouse;
- Redis, MongoDB, Aerospike;
- Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ;
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP);
- CI/CD, IaC (Terraform);
- Facebook API, Google Ads API, Google Analytics API;
- Jira, Agile, SAFe;
- UML, ERD, Sequence Diagram.

Skills

Agile MongoDB Redis RabbitMQ Golang Nginx AWS project management Product Management high availability Apache Kafka SAFe Snowflake Solution Architecture BigData CTO UML Terraform Infrastructure development Performance optimization and scaling

Highlights

• Facilitate huge changes to processes and approaches in the company (100+ tech specialists);
• Kicked off and evolved an AdTech project, profitable within a year;
• Infrastructure's expense optimization up to 3 times by complex approach including migration of CDN platform and changing to spot instances architecture;
• During performance optimization, the RPS value was increased 2 times on the same infrastructure.

Looking for

Highly experienced and versatile IT professional with a proven track record in architecting and delivering innovative solutions. Seeking a challenging role as a Solution Architect/System Architect/CTO where I can leverage my technical expertise, leadership skills, and strategic vision to drive business success and technological innovation.

• My main interest is High Availability, Scalability, BigData, AdTech, and Cloud solutions;
• I prefer creating innovative, challenging, and valuable products together with a high-skilled team;
• Programming language does not matter if no code is expected.