Alex VKO
Verified Expert in Engineering
AWS Certified Developer Developer
Montreal, QC, Canada
Toptal member since February 29, 2020
Alex is a passionate technologist and successful startup executive with nine years of professional experience in engineering. As a business-minded and nerd tech guy, he likes to architect and deliver high-quality implementation that meets business needs. He has worked with banks and mortgage institutions, advised CTOs, led software and data science teams, and consistently delivered high-performing client projects.
Portfolio
Experience
- Ruby on Rails (RoR) - 9 years
- Elasticsearch - 6 years
- Docker - 4 years
- AWS Certified Developer - 4 years
- React - 4 years
- Phoenix - 3 years
- Elixir - 3 years
- Kubernetes - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Slack, MacOS, GitHub, Vim Text Editor, Redis, Test-driven Development (TDD), Ruby Gems, PostgreSQL
The most amazing...
...and fun thing that I've developed is an entire CI platform called ruby.ci. I created everything from infrastructure to the front end.
Work Experience
Back-end Team Lead, Engineering Manager, CTO
Nestready
- Built an ETL for a real state company, with several services in Elixir and Ruby.
- Created white-label applications for banks and mortgage institutions that use Rails as the API and React on the front end.
- Led software engineers, designers, and data science teams.
- Built services using Elixir, Phoenix, and Rails engines.
Team Lead
Toptal
- Led a team of highly skilled software engineers.
- Developed applications in Python and Ruby.
- Improved background processing performance.
- Created a distributed automated test runner.
Technical Advisor
VanHach
- Worked with the CTO to improve processes and introduce better and newer technologies.
Developer, Team Lead, CTO, Technical Advisor
Spocket
- Participated in Techstars Seattle.
- Built an API using Rails which communicated with several third-party APIs.
- Built the front end using React and Redux.
Software Engineer
Freelancer
- Freelanced in Brazil, Canada, and the USA.
- Developed the back end with Ruby, Python, and Node.
- Used Angular and React for front-end development.
Software Engineer
ThisOpenSpace
- Developed the front end using React.
- Developed the API with Ruby on Rails.
Experience
NeoVIM Configuration
https://github.com/AlexVKO/VimKOCertifications
AWS Certified Developers
Aws Certification
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Rails Engines, Ruby on Rails API, React Redux, Sidekiq, Node.js, Shopify API
Tools
Vim Text Editor, Git, Webpack, RSpec, GitHub, Slack
Languages
HTML, SQL, Ruby, GraphQL, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Elixir, Python, C#, PHP, Python 2, Python 3
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby on Rails 3, Ruby on Rails 4, Ruby on Rails 5, Redux, Bootstrap, Phoenix, Express.js, Next.js
Paradigms
Testing, REST, Functional Programming, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Agile, Unit Testing, Test-driven Development (TDD)
Platforms
Heroku, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Shopify, MacOS, Linux, Twilio
Storage
PostgreSQL, Redis, JSON, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Google Cloud
Other
Back-end, Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, Leadership Development, AWS Certified Developer, Customer.io, APIs, Apollo, Architecture, Software Development, Ruby Gems, Concurrent Computing, WebSockets
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