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Arthur Islamov, Software Engineer and Developer in Tbilisi, Georgia
Arthur Islamov

Software Engineer and Developer in Tbilisi, Georgia

Member since January 16, 2017
Arthur is a professional software engineer. In the last 15 years, he has made his way from creating small corporate websites to complex services with more than a million hits per day. During that period, Arthur worked alone, with teams, hired his own teams, and helped others as a consultant, improving their project's code and performance. Arthur now specializes in neural networks.
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Portfolio

  • Effectica
    Python 3, Neural Networks, Stable Diffusion, Node.js, Next.js, PostgreSQL...
  • yesloyal
    AWS CloudFormation, Node.js, React, React Native, PostgreSQL
  • Yellow Letters, Inc.
    PhalconPHP, PHP 7, JavaScript, SCSS, HTML5, CSS, Codeception, Twilio API...

Experience

Location

Tbilisi, Georgia

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS, Git, WebStorm

The most amazing...

...thing I've made is an avatar generation service with stable diffusion neural network on its own Kubernetes cluster with Spot Instances.

Employment

  • Full-stack Developer and Founder

    2022 - PRESENT
    Effectica
    • Set up a Kubernetes cluster with nodes on Spot A100 Instances for low-cost and interruptible training/inference with automatic NVMe drives provisioning and Grafana monitoring.
    • Wrote a custom task load balancer to send tasks to nodes that have already downloaded specified custom neural network models.
    • Managed to speed up the training from around 30 minutes provided by different APIs to around six minutes on its own cluster.
    Technologies: Python 3, Neural Networks, Stable Diffusion, Node.js, Next.js, PostgreSQL, React Native, Azure, Kubernetes

  • CTO

    2019 - PRESENT
    yesloyal
    • Created an AWS CloudFormation template to spin up identical environments for testing easily.
    • Managed a team of back-end, front-end, and mobile developers.
    • Helped a mobile team write custom native modules for special hardware.
    Technologies: AWS CloudFormation, Node.js, React, React Native, PostgreSQL

  • PHP Web Developer

    2017 - 2019
    Yellow Letters, Inc.
    • Developed a CRM with call center routing using a Twilio API with the support of multilevel call menus, rules for agent routing, call recording with audit, SMS/MMS/emails, and other communication methods.
    • Created an app for the project using React Native and made two pull requests to React Native/Twilio Voice open-source library.
    • Migrated the front end to Vue and set up CI to run the back end in Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS).
    Technologies: PhalconPHP, PHP 7, JavaScript, SCSS, HTML5, CSS, Codeception, Twilio API, SendGrid API, WebSockets, jQuery, Authorize.net, Jira, Git, Agile, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Linux, MySQL, APIs, React Native

  • Short-term Consultant

    2016 - 2017
    Cleoo Limited
    • Helped improve the performance of a legacy Zend application.
    • Built the requirements for the new API and skeleton for the new Symfony 3 application.
    • Improved the architecture by moving heavy tasks from Crons and web pages to workers that pull jobs from queues.
    • Integrated the Google Analytics API to get the leads' bounce rate and other information to automatically adjust the budget on ad campaigns/channels with better lead quality.
    Technologies: MySQL, Elasticsearch, Symfony, Zend Framework

  • Head of Development

    2015 - 2016
    Scatter Scatter Pty Ltd
    • Controlled the overall quality of the back-end and 2 mobile apps.
    • Implemented scalable architecture.
    • Made a Symfony bundle to collect performance metrics in production with near-zero overhead.
    • Maintained the server infrastructure that was made to deploy automation scripts.
    • Allocated tasks to the team.
    • Interviewed new team members.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon, Redis, MySQL, Symfony, PHP

  • Full-stack Developer

    2013 - 2015
    Infoskidka.ru
    • Integrated Symfony components to migrate the legacy code that was written without any framework to Symfony.
    • Optimized SQL queries and PHP code to improve performance and let code handle one million requests per day.
    • Built a self-analysis tool that acts like a Google bot to calculate page rank and page weight and detect broken links and incorrect or duplicate meta tags.
    Technologies: Sphinx Search Engine, Redis, Symfony, PHP

  • Team Leader

    2011 - 2013
    IDweb
    • Made various corporate websites.
    • Hired new developers.
    • Developed a video conference website using CodeIgniter and Red5.
    Technologies: MODx, Drupal, CodeIgniter, PHP

Experience

  • Trading Algorithm Implementation for a Cryptocurrency Exchange

    An algorithm implementation, written in Elixir using Erlang's OTP that handles different order types with many conditions.

  • Arrivy

    A service that helps managing tasks and deliveries with live location tracking for home services and delivery companies. The front-end is built on React, and the back-end on Python and Web App 2 hosted on the Google Cloud Platform.

  • SecureChecks

    An online portal that integrates with the Australian criminal database to get police checks online. Built with Symfony 3 and AngularJS.

  • Cleoo

    A big application built on Zend 1.12 that creates advertising campaigns on different channels like Facebook, Instagram, Google AdWords, and Bing.

    It automatically adjusts the budget on different keywords and ads based on keyword price and effectiveness.

  • Scatter App

    A mobile application that allows people to get rewards and incentives from businesses for promoting the brand in social media.

    I made the back-end and was responsible for the quality of the iOS and Android apps. The back-end admin panel had a rich live analytics of all campaigns, money spent, and budget estimations.

  • Colombo for Meridian Australia Ltd

    A big CRM system to automate real estate deals. It makes the whole deal process from expression of interest to settlement very simple and easy.

    It has automatic commission calculation, makes invoices to vendors as well as staff payments and client cashbacks.

    Different reports and online accounting software integration included.

Skills

  • Languages

    CSS, SQL, JavaScript, PHP, XSLT, C++, Less, C#, Java, Elixir, Python, PHP 7, SCSS, HTML5, Python 3

  • Frameworks

    PHPUnit, Symfony, AngularJS, Zend Framework, CodeIgniter, .NET, Django, Laravel, Phoenix, Redux, PhalconPHP, Codeception, React Native, Next.js

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Facebook API, Tumblr API, React, Google Analytics API, LinkedIn API, Instagram API, Twitter API, React Redux, Twilio API, SendGrid API, Authorize.net, Node.js

  • Tools

    Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Git, Adobe Photoshop, NGINX, Capistrano, Avocode, PhpStorm, Bower, Webpack, WebStorm, Jira, AWS CloudFormation

  • Paradigms

    Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Concurrent Programming, Scrum, Test-driven Development (TDD), Functional Programming, Agile

  • Platforms

    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, MacOS, Amazon, Drupal, MODx, Docker, Android, Linux, Azure, Kubernetes

  • Storage

    MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Memcached, Sphinx Search Engine, Elasticsearch, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), PostgreSQL

  • Other

    Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, WebSockets, APIs, Neural Networks, Stable Diffusion

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