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Alex G.

Senior Software Engineer

Cherkasy, Ukraine

About Me

I am an expert IT professional with a strong focus on software development and technical proficiency in the use of Heroku, Agile Methodologies, RSpec, XHTML, BDD, and JavaScript in the delivery of high quality software solutions for clients. I am an avid learner of new technologies with team lead, project and app development experience. I have good communication skills andstrive to deliver well documented and performant code at all times.

JavaScript 8 years Ruby on Rails 8 years HTML5 8 years CSS 8 years PostgreSQL 5 years MySQL 3 years React.js 2 years Angular.JS ES6

Work history

UpStack

Senior Software Engineer

2018 - Present (7 years)

Remote

Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

Ruby Ruby on Rails CoffeeScript jQuery SASS HTML MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Nginx Slim Docker Hadoop React.js Angular.JS

Active Bridge LLC

CEO/Director of Engineering/RoR Developer

2013 - Present (12 years)

Provide managerial expertise and technical leadership for the day-to-day activities of Active Bridge.
Liaise and coordinate with diverse cross functional teams on QA, product developments, and web applications for clients.
Provide leadership and technical expertise for the architecting and development of the company's different software offerings using RoR stack.

Ruby on Rails Slim MySQL PostgreSQL CoffeeScript SASS JavaScript React.js

Svitla Systems Inc

Senior RoR Developer

2010 - 2013 (3 years)

Performed regular code reviews, and participated in defining and ensuring the adherence to difference client-side and industry coding standards.
Implemented best practices, standards and procedures including quality and delivery methodologies in the development of different software solutions for clients.
Menored junior developments on different tech stacks and provided guidance when necessary.

Ruby on Rails jQuery Slim MongoDB CoffeeScript Apache Maven Nginx Unicorn JavaScript

Interlink LLC

Web Developer

2009 - 2010 (1 year)

Ukraine

Build websites that incorporated best practices in accessibility, usability, and responsiveness.
Regularly collaborated with other engineers within Interlink LLC to meet different client product development goals, milestones and deadlines.
Provided technical expertise for building reusable components and frontend libraries on different software solutions for clients.

Ruby on Rails jQuery MySQL Excel VBA JavaScript

Portfolio

Founder/Creator - Browserbadge

This is a simple browser badge API I developed.

Founder/Contribution - ufujs-rails

A tool developed to help remove file uploads for the Rails stack.

Contributor - Fontello Rails Converter

This is a CLI gem that enables users to comfortably work with icon fonts (open, download, convert) for usage in Rails apps.

Contributor - webhostinghub-glyphs-rails

High quality icons that are easy to use with Bootstrap, and other CSS frameworks on any web projects.

Founder/Contributor - Lazybox

Lazybox is a jQuery-based, simple, lightweight lightbox that can display entire remote pages, images and confirmation dialogs. It replaces standard Rails confirmations with lazybox and adds several rows to your project.

Full Stack Ruby on Rails Developer - Split Payments

Developed the application. It allows users to split their money between as many accounts as they want. The app is backed by an awesome API which gives users the power to build tools that streamline your financial processes.

Lead Ruby on Rails Developer - Preeline

Preeline operates as a digital marketplace based on e-commerce and predictive technologies which allow users to see, share, socialize and pre-purchase future products from brands and retailers. Developed the components and features of the web application.

Architect/Tech Lead/Developer - SmartBiz Small Business SBA Loans

Developed the components and features of the Smartbiz web application. The application uses a unique combination of an online SBA loan marketplace and a bank enabling technology platform to process loans for small businesses.

CTO - KnockKnock City

Developed an AirBnB-like bag and luggage storage application for KnockKnock City.

Education

Operation of Systems for Information Processing and Decision Making

Smela College of Food Engineering

2005 - 2009 (4 years)