Nik Shakhmatov
Verified Expert in Engineering
User Interface (UI) Developer
Nik has over 16 years of experience in web development. He specializes in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and UI/UX on the front-end, but has experience with back-end architecture as well. Nik has worked as both a team player within an Agile team as well as a team leader. He is the co-founder of LinguaLeo.com. He learns technologies easily and is devilishly attentive to details.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Adobe Photoshop, WebStorm, OS X
The most amazing...
...thing I've accomplished is co-founding an e-learning service, LinguaLeo.com, with over 11 million users worldwide.
Work Experience
Product Manager, Front-end Developer, UI Designer
LinguaLeo
- Developed browser extensions for a web service.
- Worked with Kango in Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Opera/IE.
Front-end Developer
Freelance
- Developed desktop and mobile projects for real estate, e-learning, and eCommerce.
- Developed custom tools for Google-based maps.
Senior Front-end Developer, UI Designer
Tutorion, LLC
- Developed a product providing individual and group webinars for teachers and other customers.
- Programmed and designed UI components.
- Established an Agile process for the team.
- Automated testing of front-end code using Selenium RC/PHPUnit.
Co-founder, Front-end Developer, UI Designer
LinguaLeo
- Created common concepts and strategy for the product.
- Created prototypes and designed UI for the product.
- Programmed the front-end of the web service.
- Developed the brand style and logo.
- Wrote texts, articles, and other publications.
- Created automated tests.
- Provided customer support via email.
Front-end Developer
Vodafone Denmark
- Developed the front-end of a high-loaded photo hosting web service.
- Developed a fast JavaScript template system.
- Developed an MVC framework for the web service.
- Reviewed and tested code.
Front-end Developer, UI Designer
Scartel Star Lab
- Developed a high-loaded photo-hosting service.
- Developed the main website of the company.
- Designed UI components of the photo-hosting service.
Front-end Developer, UI Designer
Kompetens IT
- Developed a web service providing the ability to organize and search information in a semantic way (PIM).
- Designed UI components of the web service.
- Developed and designed a mobile version of the web service.
- Created automated tests using Selenium RC/JUnit.
Senior Front-end Developer, Team Lead
Prostor LLC
- Developed the front-end and back-end parts of a commercial CMS.
- Developed additional modules for CMS including referrals auto-updates.
- Created a common UI for the CMS.
- Developed a stand-alone service for customer support.
- Developed different websites for customers.
Front-end Developer, UI Designer, Team Lead
Apycom Software
- Developed DHTML web navigation systems.
- Developed and supported company websites.
- Developed website back-ends.
- Managed shareware products.
- Provided individual solutions for companies worldwide.
- Provided customer support via email.
Experience
LinguaLeo — English Learning Platform
http://lingualeo.comCo-founder. Front-end Developer, UI Designer.
Funding
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$200K in 2010 by Altair Capital Management
$3M in 2012 by Runa Capital
Browser Extensions
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lingualeo-english-transla/nglbhlefjhcjockellmeclkcijildjhiResponsibilities: Programming, Design.
Technologies: Chrome / Firefox / Opera / Safari.
Skills
Languages
HTML, HTML5, CoffeeScript, CSS3, JavaScript, Sass, CSS, Less, Java, PHP, Delphi, C++
Frameworks
Ember.js, Bootstrap, PhoneGap, Selenium, Sencha Touch, Kango Cross-Browser Extension Framework, Prototype Framework, Stripes, Ant Design, ActiveX
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, jQuery UI, HTML5 Canvas, Google Maps, Backbone.js, Google API, MooTools, OpenGL, DirectX, React, RequireJS, Vue
Tools
Adobe Photoshop, Bower, NPM, WebStorm, PhpStorm, Subversion (SVN), Git, Selenium Remote Control (RC), Grunt, Gulp, Canvas, Redmine, Jira, Confluence
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Scrum, Test-driven Development (TDD), XP
Platforms
MacOS, OS X
Other
User Interface (UI), Ember CLI, DHTML, Ajax, Front-end Development, Axure, Comet, COM, SVG
Storage
MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server
Education
Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science
Vyatka State Humanities University - Kirov, Russia
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