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About Me

4.5+ years experience designing and delivering production-grade microservices and distributed systems in Python (Django, FastAPI). Enhanced measurable system scalability and API performance by leading clean-code redesign and query optimizations. Excelled in client communication to translate business needs into robust technical solutions had an excellent customer feedback, and led sales, demos and requirement gathering, boosting client satisfaction. Skilled in AWS, Docker, Terraform Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines. Passionate about building reliable, high-impact backend infrastructure.

Experience

Founding Software Engineer — Self-Employed, Co-Founder & builder

Sep 2024 – Present · EMEA, Remote

  • Co-Founder, early builder and representative of StartUpMinded, an AI consultancy service with our own AI project management tool.
  • Co-Founder, solo tech builder of LADA, an emotional support and educational platform to guide individuals seeking meaningful and traditional romantic relationships. Work in progress …

Software Engineer — BaseTIS Consultancy Services

Sep 2021 – Present · Barcelona, Spain - Remote

Designed and deployed to production distributed systems in Python and different web frameworks, some Golang, PostgreSQL, docker and kafka, using mainly a clean - code architecture. Fast Growth, from intern to Software engineer, gaining confidence and trust from superiors.

  • Boosted system scalability by 30% (Amazon CloudWatch) by redesigning distributed python services with docker and kafka.
  • Increased client satisfaction score from 75% to 90% by leading fluently communicated requirement revision sessions and translating business needs into precise technical specifications.
  • Optimized database queries, using indexing and query optimization techniques, decreasing response and load time by 40% (Django - toolbars ) for critical user-facing features.
  • Built and Delivered multiple web applications from scratch working in a variety of teams, establishing GitFlow workflows, Jira processes, SCRUM, and CI/CD practices that improved delivery speed.

impactful projects: SherpaPharma, Nedgia, Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, AOC

Education

Computer engineering - Software engineering and Computation

FIB - UPC Barcelona, Spain

Double degree in Software engineering and Computation | Top 25% GPA while working part-time and studying full-time.

Skills

  • Languages & Frameworks: Python, Django, FastAPI, Flask , Go.
  • Architecture: RESTful APIs, microservices, scalable systems, cloud optimization, CI/CD.
  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kafka.
  • Strengths: Customer excellence, communicator, competitive leadership and Easy-going team player

LANGUAGES

  • Russian
  • English: Advanced English C1.2 Oxford House
  • Spanish
  • Catalan