Yuri K.

About Me

I am an experienced Software Engineer and Infrastructure Manager with technical expertise in building and supporting complex and legacy software systems using a mix of technologies such as JavaScript, Java, Python, and Linux for diverse clients. I have extensive team lead and independent work experience in the delivery of innovative solutions for clients.

Frontend

Backend

Database

DevOps

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Software Engineer
2018 - Present (7 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Pulse Point
Pulse Point
Platform Engineer
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Remote
  • Built and deployed a new ETL framework for data lakes with a volume of 10+PB.

  • Refactored and migrated the platform to a microservices-based architecture.

  • Established dev standards and best practices in transitioning several Python legacy systems to Golang.

Juul Labs
Juul Labs
Backend Developer / DevOps Engineer
2018 - 2020 (2 years)
Remote
  • Deployed and executed processes and standards to support in-house enterprise app instances on AWS.

  • Implemented new automation and optimization solutions to reduce costs and simplify deployment processes for Juul Labs.

  • Handled infrastructure verification tasks and provided provisioning tooling support for solutions on the project.

Conversant Networks
Conversant Networks
Senior Backend Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Remote
  • Designed, implemented and maintained a real-time traffic visualization solution for the client.

  • Reduced map-reduction costs by half using optimized algorithms and a changed storage scheme for the client.

  • Rewrote the C++ logging pipeline solutions on GoLang which also eliminated data losses on the platform for the client.

Transport API
Transport API
Senior Backend Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Remote
  • Architected, designed and worked efficiently on scheduling data processing for the client's systems.

  • Implemented an accurate real-time train positional algorithm based on several data feeds in the UK for the client.

  • Introduce an authentication proxy to reduce the visible failure rate of the third-party authentication providers.

Swiftserve
Swiftserve
Senior Backend Engineer
2012 - 2016 (4 years)
Remote
  • Built and deployed a token-based authentication solution for video streaming on the project.

  • Worked on a new failover solution for video streaming over the HTTP protocols for the Swift Serve.

  • Developed and implemented a DNS load balancing solution for the client.

DataArt
DataArt
Senior Backend Engineer
2010 - 2012 (2 years)
Remote
  • Designed and implemented new features and architecture working on projects for CNN, Nokia and Thomson Reuters.

  • Implemented new solutions for the client's product prototype - winning an award for EPAM.

  • Played a key role in the design and deployment of a new advertising solution for OviStore.

Siemens IT Solutions and Services
Siemens IT Solutions and Services
Software Engineer
2008 - 2010 (2 years)
Remote
  • Wrote 3/4 of the new codes that served the internal EDI service for the client.

  • Implemented new solutions to decrease the time for resolving common technical issues to 1 hour.

  • Rewrote and refactored a legacy codebase with 1 million lines of code for the client.

Showcase

Lead Engineer - Conversant Solutions
Lead Engineer - Conversant Solutions
  • Developed a billing and logging solution for distributed data analysis.

  • Replaces Hadoop-based systems with a real-time data calculation model.

  • Backend processing is executed on 6 CPU units serving hundreds of nodes.

Lead Engineer - Conversant Solutions
Lead Engineer - Conversant Solutions
  • Successfully migrated the analytics system to AWS.

  • A live-migration of an existing internal Hadoop cluster into AWS resulted in increased costs.

  • The move to AWS was achieved through a double drop in map-reduce costs.

Senior Engineer - Transportapi
Senior Engineer - Transportapi
  • Implemented a public train positioning algorithm.

  • Utilizes data feeds from UK transportation companies for precise train location.

  • Reduced API response times through significant database optimizations.

Education

MSc. Radiophysics
MSc. Radiophysics
Voronezh State University, Russia
2004 - 2009 (5 years)