Experience

MoonPay
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Staff Engineer

  • Aug 2023 - Present


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• Tech Adviser

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  • Designed and implemented the new architecture in the cloud • Facilitated infrastructure migration to Kubernetes • Completed Google Cloud Application Security Assessment for Gmail access scopes • Participated in hiring new backend and mobile engineers • Worked with the team providing tech expertise where needed



Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• web3 engineer

  • Dec 2022 - Jun 2023

  London, England, United Kingdom Exploring the web3 space. Building pet-projects during my carrier break. ZKWordo https://zkwordo.xyz/ https://github.com/wannabehero/zkwordo ZKWordo is a simple MerkleTree-based word-guessing game where you guess the word, generate a ZK proof of your guess, and submit it on-chain to be verified and to generate an NFT as a reward. • Circom circuit for a proof of word-guessing • nest.js backend for proof generation API, and NFT metadata rendering • ERC-1155 based… Show more Exploring the web3 space. Building pet-projects during my carrier break. ZKWordo https://zkwordo.xyz/ https://github.com/wannabehero/zkwordo ZKWordo is a simple MerkleTree-based word-guessing game where you guess the word, generate a ZK proof of your guess, and submit it on-chain to be verified and to generate an NFT as a reward. • Circom circuit for a proof of word-guessing • nest.js backend for proof generation API, and NFT metadata rendering • ERC-1155 based Smart-Contract to reward users for submitting a proof of a guess • React.js webapp to handle interactions with a smart-contract Renotion https://renotion.xyz/ https://github.com/renotion-xyz Renotion allows you to wrap your Notion Page with a long url as a custom domain. • Cloudflare SaaS integration for CNAME handing • ERC-721 Based Smart-Contract to store registration and handle payments • React.js webapp to handle interactions with a smart-contract • Cloudflare Worker that reads from the blockchain and proxies the pages Show less



App in the Air, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CTO

  • Aug 2011 - Oct 2022

  • Engineered almost all technical and supporting systems from scratch. • Designed and implemented backend infrastructure with 100+ interconnected services on Google Cloud Platform (Python, node, golang, Java) • Created the first version of the iOS mobile app, led iOS development for 8 year • Developed a novel version of the app for the recently announced Apple Watch in 2015 • Significantly improved user retention rate by designing and implementing the e-mail parsing system •… Show more • Engineered almost all technical and supporting systems from scratch. • Designed and implemented backend infrastructure with 100+ interconnected services on Google Cloud Platform (Python, node, golang, Java) • Created the first version of the iOS mobile app, led iOS development for 8 year • Developed a novel version of the app for the recently announced Apple Watch in 2015 • Significantly improved user retention rate by designing and implementing the e-mail parsing system • Designed and implemented the flights booking engine under IATA’s NDC standard and the hotels booking engine with GDS and direct partner connections • Built tools for the CI/CD process and automated deployments for all the services on the backend, implemented metrics and alerts system • Maintained the stability of technical side of the project with regular reviews of all the systems • Conducted annual security assessment to comply with Google OAuth Requirements in cooperation with third-party assessor • Ensured the compliance with GDPR and other legislative acts • Completed the implementation of PCI-DSS certification for online payments • Built the product development team from 0 to over 50 people and grew the team leads for each team • Created the iOS and backend development teams • Hired and mentored new software engineers and product designers • Optimized the development process establishing rules for code review, QA integration, and code-style checks automation • Established feature-specific teams, mentored team leads • Organized Tech Talks, built dev community inside the company • Facilitated 1-1 with leads and engineers Show less



LIFE In The Air, Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder and CTO

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Designed the distributed system’s architecture in the first version of the platform from scratch • Installed and personally tested the system for Flair Airlines (Canada) on plane, monitoring all the metrics, helping the crew to collect payments and serve orders, providing support to passengers using the system • Implemented the payment-processing systems, including encryption/decryption of the payment information for offline payments • Build a tech team from the ground up and… Show more • Designed the distributed system’s architecture in the first version of the platform from scratch • Installed and personally tested the system for Flair Airlines (Canada) on plane, monitoring all the metrics, helping the crew to collect payments and serve orders, providing support to passengers using the system • Implemented the payment-processing systems, including encryption/decryption of the payment information for offline payments • Build a tech team from the ground up and prepared a new CTO for the team • Provided tech consulting to help the team complete PCI-DSS certification Show less



Rubeacon

• India
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder and CTO

  • 2014 - 2018

  Moscow, Russia • Flipped the game on the market and launched the first-ever order-ahead for restaurants in Russia, allowing lower commission rates and different options to increase users’ retention • Developed a demo iOS app with backend to present it to the first client and equipped it with an online payment system and analytics • Built the first version of the universal iOS app, enabling customization for any customer and interaction with API of Rubeacon backend • Implemented Apple Pay among the… Show more • Flipped the game on the market and launched the first-ever order-ahead for restaurants in Russia, allowing lower commission rates and different options to increase users’ retention • Developed a demo iOS app with backend to present it to the first client and equipped it with an online payment system and analytics • Built the first version of the universal iOS app, enabling customization for any customer and interaction with API of Rubeacon backend • Implemented Apple Pay among the first projects in Russia • Conducted a technical review for McDonalds Russia, provided the expertise in resolving the issues, and attracted them as a partner • Oversaw and developed two special projects with McDonalds Russia: Monopoly and FIFA 2018 with up to 5M users in Russia, implemented UI and API integration in the iOS app for the marketing campaigns • Built and mentored a tech team from scratch Show less



Empatika

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Nov 2011 - Nov 2016

  • Developed the engine (ads targeting, reporting, analytics, etc.) for Mobile Ads Platform with mobile SDKs included, and dashboards for advertisers and developers • Engineered the backend for mobile apps using Python and NodeJS, mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone



Higher School of Economics

• Russian Federation
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2016

  Moscow, Russian Federation - Led courses: 1. Introduction to Software Engineering (1st year students) 2. Object-Oriented analysis and development in Java (2nd year students) 3. iOS applications development (elective course) 4. Web-development in Python (elective course) - Organized Summer school of Mobile Apps Development



Moscow Coding School

• Teacher

  • 2014 - 2014

  Moscow, Russian Federation • iOS development courses in Swift and Objective-C



Squeek

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Full-stack Developer

  • 2010 - 2011

  • Engineered the Squeek iOS application with the whole backend • Launched one of the first iOS development schools in Russia