Ganna Skirko, Developer in St. Petersburg, FL, United States
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Ganna Skirko

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Back-end Developer

Location
St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Toptal Member Since
July 20, 2022

Ganna is a certified AWS solution architect and a seasoned software engineer with over 12 years of professional experience. With deep knowledge across multiple tech stacks and domains, she excels at reverse engineering and solving complex technical challenges. Ganna believes that most things are possible to implement, that it's just a question of time, and she works fast.

Portfolio

Amazon.com
Java, Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Event-driven Architecture
Finicity
Python, ETL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Docker
Backblaze
Java, Cassandra, Ansible, Python

Experience

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

IDEA IDE, PyCharm, WebStorm

The most amazing...

...thing I've realized about software development is its power to solve problems and make this world better.

Work Experience

Cloud Application Architect

2022 - 2023
Amazon.com
  • Designed, supported, and developed native cloud applications.
  • Migrated an application from on-premise to AWS Cloud, including hybrid use cases.
  • Supported customers continuously in their journey to the cloud.
Technologies: Java, Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Event-driven Architecture

Software Architect

2021 - 2022
Finicity
  • Built ETL pipelines used for processing huge amounts of data.
  • Owned several machine learning (ML) based projects that were critical for the company while fixing the project's bugs.
  • Mentored junior developers and helped them with their tasks.
Technologies: Python, ETL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Docker

Senior Software Engineer

2021 - 2021
Backblaze
  • Integrated the team responsible for the lowest level functionality of the cloud storage: file sharding and upload balancing.
  • Identified and fixed multiple problems that increased the application's throughput output almost twice.
  • Implemented a system to verify configurations across servers.
  • Provided production support for the part of the system my team was in charge of.
Technologies: Java, Cassandra, Ansible, Python

Lead Software Developer

2020 - 2020
Nike
  • Helped the team with their ongoing tasks as part of my role.
  • Designed and implemented several significant tasks.
  • Provided production support and helped other developers succeed.
Technologies: Java, Terraform, Spring, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microservices

Senior Software Engineer

2019 - 2020
JPMorgan Chase
  • Worked in the merchant services team that is responsible for all incoming transactions.
  • Performed many complicated refactoring and migration tasks that successfully went to production.
  • Troubleshot and fixed complex problems that affected customers' experience and blocked further development processes.
  • Mentored new developers and read them a few lectures about the technologies.
  • Organized and led the team in completing a complex project.
Technologies: Java, OSGi, Apache Karaf, Apache Camel, Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, Cryptography, Python, Shell, DevOps, Perl, Oracle, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Event-driven Architecture, Microservices

Senior Software Engineer

2016 - 2018
EPAM Systems USA
  • Worked as an independent consultant on Epam's customers' sites.
  • Designed and developed distributed applications that operate under a high load.
  • Mentored developers and helped them to learn the technologies we were using.
  • Collaborated closely with the leadership team to plan future development activities.
Technologies: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Oracle, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, Selenium, Selenium Grid, Python, Event-driven Architecture, Microservices

Senior Software Engineer

2014 - 2016
EPAM Systems UA
  • Worked as a technical lead on multiple eCommerce projects for a large corporation that was a customer of Epam Systems.
  • Designed and helped to develop multiple AEM and Spring-based projects.
  • Provided application support for the software we developed.
  • Interviewed and mentored new team members starting on the projects I was in charge of.
Technologies: Java, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), OSGi, Apache Sling, Apache Jackrabbit, MySQL, Spring, Java 8, Hibernate, JPA

Staff Software Engineer

2010 - 2014
ISD UA
  • Led a team of four developers for the last two years working in the company.
  • Designed, built, and provided support to software used in NA.
  • Interviewed and mentored developers while helping them stay motivated and productive.
  • Worked closely with the higher management and architects to plan the scope of the work.
Technologies: Java, JPA 2, Oracle, Hibernate, Java EE, WebLogic, JBoss, Apache Tomcat, Perl, Python, Shell, Documentation, CI/CD Pipelines, Mentorship, Apache Maven, Ant, SQL

Predicted.Me

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/predicted-me/id6450390714
An AI-based tool that collects, processes, and analyses data and generates predictions. It's a microservices-based application, fully serverless, that uses Python for the back end and Flutter for the front end.

GCP Redis Web Console

https://github.com/skirkyn/redis_client
This project is a web console for Redis set up in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The app is serverless, just a Cloud Function with a Go web template. The request goes from the browser to the Cloud Function, which communicates with Redis through the VPC connector.

HTTPS Proxy Server

https://github.com/skirkyn/gliphy-proxy
This project consists of an HTTPS proxy server written in Java. It has an IP address and black listing functionality.

Languages

Java, SQL, Java 8, Python, Go, Perl, Python 3

Frameworks

Hibernate, JPA, Spring Boot, OSGi, Spring, Selenium, Apache Felix (OSGI), Apache Camel, Flutter

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, JPA 2, Selenium Grid, Apache Jackrabbit

Paradigms

Event-driven Architecture, Microservices, ETL, DevOps

Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle, Java EE, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, JBoss

Storage

JSON, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra

Other

AWS Certified Solution Architect, Enterprise Architecture, Algorithms, API Integration, Programming, Mentorship, Web Scraping, Mathematics, WebLogic, Documentation, CI/CD Pipelines, Ant, Cryptography, Networks, SDKs

Tools

Shell, IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, IDEA IDE, PyCharm, WebStorm, Apache Tomcat, Apache Maven, Apache Sling, Apache Karaf, Terraform, Ansible, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

2008 - 2012

Bachelor's Degree in Informatics and Applied Mathematics

Oles Honchar Dnipro National University - Dnipro, Ukraine

APRIL 2023 - APRIL 2026

AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty

Amazon Web Services

SEPTEMBER 2022 - SEPTEMBER 2025

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

AWS

AUGUST 2022 - AUGUST 2025

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services