Vissarion Chakvetadze

Joined as a .NET software engineer to work on the UK’s leading app commerce SaaS platform, which powers the iOS and Android shopping apps of the biggest retailers and fashion brands.

The platform was built in microservices powered by Azure WebJobs and Queues to achieve a high level of automation. To control the apps, a custom web CMS was implemented with ASP.Net MVC. It allowed for configuration of various parameters and the enabling and disabling of different pieces of functionality, like login with Facebook account or payments with Apple Pay. The data layer was based around MS SQL Server and Azure Blob Storage for data warehousing and Redis for caching. Entity was used to access data on the services layer.

Code was tested with unit tests and with automated Postman tests. Microsoft Application Insights and Google Analytics were used for monitoring and graphing of any business and platform metrics. The platform was hosted on Azure and running with replication enabled to ensure a high level of availability and allow scaling particular parts of it to improve performance during periods of heavy workload such as holidays like Black Friday or Cyber Monday.

A tool that allows scheduling pictures and videos to be posted to Instagram for a particular time, edit them in-browser, and set comments with emoji support and geotags for Instagram posts having single- and multi-user account functionality. The app was designed using a mobile-first approach and provided full functionality for both mobile and desktop browsers.

Served as a key developer of a comprehensive suite of analytic and data management services for providing data-driven recommendations and statistics of consumed content from multiple sources and aggregators to measure its value and optimize spending. Designed and developed various ETL tools such as SSIS packages, ASP.NET services, and console apps to extract and transform clients' data.

Participated as a member of a team working on developing a data migration tool with WPF. It allowed customers to perform data migrations of a large amount of data: 100 tables, with 5 GB average table size. This tool used migration mapping files provided by analysts and allowed for the generation, running, and validating the results of SQL scripts and SSIS packages as well as rollback in case of any errors.

I was responsible for upgrading a system from ASP.Net WebForms to ASP.Net MVC framework. I developed complex modules for the front-end, business, and database layers. Aside from development activities, I coordinated my work with analysts and QA engineers and provided assistance to customer support lines when necessary. A mix of Agile and Waterfall development methods was utilized.

Developed a mortgage system which was based on a highly customized CRM system. The system itself was based on a three-tier architecture with MS SQL database layer, COM+, and IIS components as the business layer, and web pages as the UI. We followed Waterfall methodology, and development was conducted according to approved functional specifications. I joined the project on the implementation phase as a back-end developer and my primary responsibilities were developing business logic with C#, VBScript, and SQL.