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Ivan M.

Senior Software Engineer

Ekaterinburg, Russia

About Me

I am a highly skilled back-end developer and have worked on a variety of projects including solo application development, database optimisation, and development of distributed partner site systems. As an entrepreneur with a passion for programming and problem solving, I bring a business focus to software development. I thrive on investigating business processes (via DD technique) and translating business needs into code while making every effort to minimise the project costs for clients.

PHP 5 years C++ 5 years C 5 years Linux 5 years SQL 5 years MySQL 5 years SOLID 5 years OOP 5 years Nginx 5 years JavaScript 3 years Symfony Framework 2 years Laravel Framework Kohana Yii

Work history

Freelance Programmer

CTO/ Lead/ Senior Developer

2015 - Present (9 years)

Built innovative tools that allow non-technical staff members to maintain/update their site without causing disruptions to the user experience.
Developed a platform for affiliated partners and worked with 3rd party developers to implement innovative services into the platform.
Conducted extensive reviews of all code contributions for readability, consistency, and performance.
Developed client infrastructures using various components of Amazon Web Services.
Built a comprehensive warehouse management system for a large print service.
Developed a web application that defined and executed business intelligence processes.
Conducted extensive testing utilising PHPUnit and Selenium, and continuous integration (Jenkins).
Architected and coded a large common code library for web applications covering security, configuration, and data management.

OOO “Novii Techonlogii” (New Technologies)

Lead/Senior Developer

2014 - 2015 (1 year)

Worked collaboratively with team members to develop a server-side application that effectively worked with mobile clients through APIs.
Replaced RESTful API with JSON-RPC API to significantly improve functionality for the client.
 Effectively worked with client-side image processing.
Refactored Excel data export and answers output in the admin panel.
 Fixed numerous bugs and performance issues including server-side profiling and debugging.
 Implemented Zoho integration for increased productivity.

OOO Bolyshev

iOS Team Lead

2013 - 2014 (1 year)

Separated CRM and image processing services from the main application.
Consistently worked in a cost efficient manner to decrease project maintenance costs.
Developed a RESTful billing application.
Organised the development process with Scrum-like meetings, testing, and deployment.
Conducted server management routines, implemented a version control, and handled troubleshooting on all downtime issues and bugs.
Increased page generation speed from 3.7s to .16s.

RedCat Studio

Web Developer

2011 - 2012 (1 year)

Created cross-browser PSD to HTML conversion.
Developed an app similar to Groupon and built numerous innovative eCommerce applications.
Implemented custom doctrine extensions for the projects.
Participated in Studio CMS development.
Implemented TinyMCE plugins for WYSIWYG in the admin panel.