Konstantin Shkut
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Konstantin has over 12 years of back-end, front-end, and mobile development experience and supporting apps in production. He has nearly two years of experience in managing an engineering team. He has launched a mobile app from an idea to prototyping, development, and publishing to Apple Store. Konstantin has worked in blockchain, eCommerce, media and entertainment, and SaaS industries. He is also interested in fintech, online education, business, and real estate.
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Experience
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Zoom, Slack, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), IntelliJ IDEA, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've built was a mobile app from an idea to prototyping, development, and publishing to Apple Store.
Work Experience
Lead Developer
StrongBlock
- Finished the development of the core product written in vanilla PHP within my first month to meet the deadline. After successfully releasing the product on time, spearheaded a migration to Laravel to increase the efficiency.
- Built a Node.js API for automated creation and destruction of EOSIO blockchains running in docker containers on top of a Rancher cluster using Helm charts. And integrated the API with the core product.
- Built a platform for building customized Vue.js web apps integrated with smart contracts running on EOSIO chains via the Node.js API integration.
- Built a template Vue.js web app that interacts with a smart contract either directly by signing transactions using private keys stored in a local software wallet or via the API which uses the keys stored in a user account on the platform.
- Led the integration of a React Native mobile app with an EOSIO smart contract running on the platform.
CTO
ScaleLab
- Joined as a full-stack engineer and built a platform that went from near zero to serving 1+ million users and a few other MCNs running on the platform including companies like Univision.
- Managed the migration from legacy Codeigniter system onto Laravel 5 and React Single Page App.
- Achieved 80% signups and revenue increase by increasing conversion rate up to 14% using A/B testing.
- Designed a new signup flow which included email communication, web UI, and browser automation in response to a new YouTube policy that was limiting our growth rate and requiring a lot of manual labor.
- Built an email marketing system that delivered 6+ million customized email messages.
- Hired, mentored, and led a small team of engineers that worked on Node.js/Koa back end and React Single Page Application using Typescript and Scrum methodology for managing the process.
- Collaborated with other executives and people outside our team to research customer needs, discuss and formulate product requirements, and translate them into user stories for engineers.
Full-stack Software Engineer
Moreman
- Developed an online store that sells over 15,000 products to both retail and wholesale customers using PHP 5 and MySQL database for the back end and HTML5/CSS/JavaScript for the front end.
- Developed the product and 1C CRM/inventory management database integration module.
- Developed API and integration code for resellers and partners to run online stores on third-party websites with just a few lines of JavaScript code.
Full-stack Software Engineer
EMS Russian Post
- Developed a website serving over a million clients a month.
- Developed API Web Services using PHP 5/JSON and MySQL providing the company’s services to third-party websites such as online stores.
- Set up an issue tracking software for tracking website issues reported by customers.
Experience
Nerdic — Mobile App for YouTube Creators
http://nerdic.xyz- 2,000+ app users including some on paid subscriptions;
- 200,000+ personalized suggestions issued to date with 97% positive feedback;
- iOS app built on React Native. Back end built on Laravel and MySQL.
Skills
Frameworks
Laravel, React Native, Redux, Jest
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, Vue, REST APIs
Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP, HTML, Sass, CSS
Platforms
Firebase, Docker, Kubernetes, MacOS, Drupal, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
MySQL
Other
APIs, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Front-end, Back-end
Tools
IntelliJ IDEA, Slack, Zoom
Education
Coursework in Electronics and Automation
Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering - Moscow, Russia
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