Senior Software Engineer
2018 - 2020Reddit (via Toptal)- Worked as a full-stack senior software engineer to implement and support a sizable list of tools, features, and microservices.
- Created multiple internal tools from scratch including UI and back-end work.
- Contributed to the development of a high-load part of the project which should finish in a constant, predictable time. Multiple optimizations and some tricky logic were implemented to reduce IO.
- Developed parts of a bulk action tool which supports various DB objects actions for lists which contain hundreds of thousands of items.
- Created a Google Chrome extension to download recently implemented HLS livestream support for employees and anti-evil team folks.
- Worked on internal tools which use Zendesk and Jira integration for processing users' feedback requests and reports.
- Helped fix and implement new features and workflows for DMCA legal request processing and blocking.
- Contributed to the construction of new microservices and components of the Reddit system.
- Refactored and analyzed code to improve readability and make it more strict where possible.
- Created a tool for admins to reset two backup factor codes for employees with various checks.
- Created an ACL system from scratch for a custom-written API and used a framework which allows devs to manage user permissions in a cool way right on the API level.
Technologies: Async.js, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Apache Cassandra, Microservices, Apache Thrift, React, Node.js, PythonSenior DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2020One Big Switch (via Toptal)- Contributed to the solution of a list of varying issues for the company in different areas, but the main direction was to migrate from the old Capistrano and Chef deployment system to the modern AWS CodePipeline solution via AWS ECS.
- Created a from-scratch cookbook for custom OpenVPN installation and cross-origin integration.
- Built on AWS CodePipeline for a heavy WordPress website installation the company had and moved from a pretty expensive hosting provider to AWS ECS, which costs the client just a few hundred bucks.
- Built a Ruby on Rails application deployment pipeline using AWS CodePipeline to AWS ECS with optimized caching of FS layers.
- Optimized the WordPress back-end on PHP to allow handle approx 5,000 visitors online, which was impossible to serve before.
- Developed and optimized Docker files to get everything working and building between builds without sharing build artifacts.
- Supported the custom installation of Chef and Chef Server, supporting the deployment configuration in Capistrano.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), PHP, VPN, DNS, Capistrano, Chef, Ruby, DockerAWS DevOps
2018 - 2018Tremor Technologies, Inc. (via Toptal)- Created a Jenkins pipeline in a Docker agent which checks multiple components of the system, tests them, runs integration tests, builds new containers, and deploys the new application version to ECS.
- Developed the Java application build process using Gradle and Jooq tools.
- Upgraded build servers including base systems and Jenkins components because it was outdated for years.
- Added the Docker configuration to the components of the system which makes Docker builds very fast and optimized.
- Fixed existing build pipelines.
Technologies: GitHub, React, Python, Node.js, Java, Jenkins Pipeline, DockerFull-stack Developer
2017 - 2018Backstage (via Toptal)- Audited, refactored, and made other fixes to Celery tasks.
- Built a Stripe webhooks logging and analysis dashboard.
- Developed and fixed the REST API.
- Added a lot of unit testing to various components of the system.
- Developed and fixed front-end elements in React and Backbone.
- Improved the Django admin interface.
- Fixed bugs for various components of the system.
- Reviewed source code and checked for permissions vulnerabilities.
Technologies: Unit Testing, Mercurial, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Django, Backbone.js, React, PythonFreelance DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2018Skuchain (via Toptal)- Checked, fixed, refactored, and enhanced a deployment solution in the project.
- Used Docker with Docker Compose for building microservices architecture.
- Created microservices architecture using Docker, AWS CloudFormation, and Traefik (and Nginx) for traffic balancing and routing.
- Handled Bash scripting; the deployment configuration is all built in Bash.
- Configured multiple branches that support dynamic services adding/removing/migrating from a plain text file with services list and their URLs/branches/commits.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CLI, Secure Copy Protocol (SCP), SSH, Bash, Webpack, Express.js, React, Node.js, Hyperledger, DockerFreelance Software Engineer
2017 - 2017Webconnex (via Toptal)- Created AWS OpsWorks infrastructure from scratch. The configuration is connected with a CI pipeline.
- Configured over 30 microservices.
- Deployed recipes in Go and Node.js.
- Configured Filebeat and Metricbeat.
- Supported a multiple stacks environment via custom JSON configuration in OpsWorks.
- Added role grouping (soft-layer) support for multiple applications in one instance.
- Integrated local testing and Chef cookbooks dependency management.
- Integrated the AWS application level balancer.
- Added support and configured dynamic DNS names for multiple environments.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Node.js, Go, Ruby, Chef, AWS OpsWorksFreelance Django and React Developer
2017 - 2017Boyd Creative Pty, Ltd. (via Toptal)- Created a single-page application dashboard with various graphs, tables, and dynamic filters for analytics data.
- Developed a very fast JavaScript async application which works many times faster than previously in AngularJS.
- Supported and modified the legacy source code.
- Optimized access to the API requests database to decrease API response time.
- Optimized a Webpack build for dashboard assets.
Technologies: Linux, MySQL, Mercurial, REST APIs, React, DjangoFreelance Lead Django Developer
2017 - 2017Dalton Bain (via Toptal)- Integrated a multi-branch Docker-based CI (Continuous Integration) full cycle to the project using Chef and OpsWorks.
- Automated tests using a Jenkins pipeline.
- Supported Django and AngularJS projects, integrating new features and fixing bugs, among other things.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Chef, AWS OpsWorks, AngularJS, Docker, Jenkins, DjangoFreelance Senior Django Developer
2016 - 2017DecisionDesk (via Toptal)- Optimized back-end performance.
- Integrated Docker containers into the project infrastructure.
- Converted images and MS Office files to PDF.
- Manipulated various PDF files in Python and Java (read, convert, merge, export to PDF).
- Installed and configured a Graylog2 (+ MongoDB and Elasticsearch) cluster in Docker containers on AWS OpsWorks Stack.
- Developed custom logging adapters (TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS) for the Graylog2 instance.
- Integrated a Shibboleth (SAML2 Protocol) authorization method.
- Built custom Django MongoDB Queries profiler middleware, allowing users to see and download detailed requests for deep checking code, load performance, etc. to a MongoDB server list.
- Integrated a CASHNet payment processor.
- Built Chef recipes in Ruby.
- Fixed bugs.
- Implemented additional small features.
- Installed and configured Postfix as a smart host.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, PostgreSQL, Backbone.js, Docker, Tastypie, MongoDB, DjangoFull-stack Back-end Developer
2014 - 2015Stealth Mode iOS/M-Commerce Silicon Valley Startup- Oversaw back-end creation and maintenance of an m-commerce iOS platform.
- Served as product manager for all API integrations, including multiple payment gateways.
- Managed all AWS/S3 activity.
- Rewrote legacy source code from scratch.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Linux, Stripe, iOS, REST, PythonChief Information Officer and Scrum Product Owner
2011 - 2015FloraExpress- Managed a five-member team and served as Scrum master in the company’s Scrum environment. Additional roles included senior full-stack engineer, devops engineer, and deployment engineer.
- Created an API-driven platform for quickly-growing company websites, mobile applications, and third-party integrations, and fully managed the deployment process.
- Reduced website downtime from 20% to 0% by rewriting the company’s services from scratch; helped to increase orders from 25/day to 75-80/day; and created 80% of the source code for the Python/Django version of a payment gateway that has twenty available payment methods, amongst other achievements.
- Developed an API core, four eCommerce fully functional landing sites, two alpha versions, two payment gateways (PHP and Python versions with fifteen and twenty payment methods), and a lot of small tools and integrations with third-party services.
- Built a stable, DDOS-protected, and horizontal scalable platform as well as a lot of business instruments.
- Enabled the company to handle about 8,000 orders per day on holidays because of the amazing CRM system built with Ajax and HTML5.
Technologies: Distributed File Systems, Scaling, RESTful Web Services, Webpack, SCSS, Less, CSS, HTML5, Continuous Integration (CI), OAuth, Sphinx Search Engine, Redis, Memcached, MongoDB, Docker, MySQL, Node.js, JavaScript, Python, PHPSenior PHP Developer, System Architect
2011 - 2012Kanga- Developed Flash games for Vk.com. Managed the team’s task management.
- Developed back-end features in PHP.
- Developed game landing pages and websites.
- Handled the deployment process with Linux server administration tasks.
- Facilitated real-time video processing with Wowza media services.
Technologies: Continuous Integration (CI), CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Flash ActionScript, REST APIs, RESTful Development, MySQL, PHPMiddle Java Developer & System Architect
2010 - 2011DuoTM- Worked with a team of Java developers to develop web application tasks and AION/Lineage II server network core in Java.
- Managed two team members.
- Completed the project successfully, but DuoTM was discontinued due to lack of funding.
- Built a very fast network IO threaded solution with encryption and DDOS protection.
- Developed and deployed configuration with Java build tools.
Technologies: Network Stack, Continuous Integration (CI), Jira, JavaCEO, Team Leader, and Full-stack Developer
2008 - 20092315.ru- Founded and managed a web design and development company, managed four team members, and built eCommerce and portal type websites for the Russian market.
- Oversaw team task management, contracts, system administration, PHP/JavaScript development, database management, and more.
Technologies: Git, Sass, Less, CSS, JavaScript, Linux Administration, Python, PHPNetwork Engineer and Junior .NET Developer
2004 - 2007Ural State University- Served as network engineer and Windows/Linux administration team member.
- Helped manage a seven-server campus network along with 300 staff PCs.
- Oversaw diskless Linux and Windows boots, overriding workstation operating systems via remote network diskless boot and restoration of hard disk images, Active Directory management, domain politics, software politics, web servers, and network routing with shaping configuration.
- Used Python, C# (including .NET ASPX), Bash, and PHP to create utilities and other small programs for managing Active Directory and user politics.
- Developed a student intranet portal.
Technologies: Infrastructure, Azure Active Directory, Linux Administration, Bash, Python, PHP, C#, .NETNetwork Engineer and .NET Junior Developer
2005 - 2006SKB Kontur- Served primarily as contract network engineer but occasionally worked as a junior .NET developer.
- Managed all network hardware, software, and server configuration.
- Built company applications in ASP.NET C#, Windows-based C# apps, and console apps.
Technologies: Azure Active Directory, Git, Subversion (SVN), Linux Server Administration, PHP, C#, .NET