Work Experience

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Jul 2025 - Current

Glesysglesys.com

Backend Developer · Malmö, Sweden

Building backend systems at one of Sweden’s leading hosting and cloud infrastructure providers.

Nov 2021 - May 2025

Backend development for one of the Nordic region’s leading fashion e-commerce platforms. Worked with PHP, Symfony, Go, and Python. Performance tuning, microservices architecture, and CI/CD pipelines. Performance optimization with Locust for load testing.

Confirmed: Laravel over Symfony. Fell in love with Go for tooling. Had way too much fun with Locust and Python—should’ve started years earlier. Also made some great friends here.

✈ Oct 2021 — Moved to Sweden

Nov 2017 - Nov 2021

AG.digital

Technical Lead & Senior Software Engineer · NYC Metro Area (Remote)

Technical lead building and shipping high-performance web applications. Set up scalable infrastructure with Docker, AWS EC2/S3, Ansible, and Traefik. Ran Agile/Scrum workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and code reviews. Built RESTful APIs and microservices with Laravel. Mentored junior developers and ran technical interviews.

Learned that AWS can burn through a client’s monthly budget in days. Funny now. Wasn’t funny then.

Jul 2009 - Nov 2021

Self-employed

Full Stack Web Developer, DevOps · Moscow, Russia

12+ years building web applications for a wide range of clients. PHP (Laravel, CodeIgniter), JavaScript frameworks, and scalable architecture. Set up DevOps workflows: Docker, Ansible, Traefik, and CI/CD. Built microservices, handled security, and did technical consulting for enterprise clients.

Jun 2008 - Aug 2009

Ekspoint

Senior PHP Developer · Moscow, Russia

Built high-load enterprise platforms for metallurgical and construction industries. Designed a social network for metallurgists and B2B trading platforms with distributed MySQL. Mentored junior developers and set coding standards for the team.

Oct 2007 - Jun 2008

ComputerPlaza

Web Developer · Moscow, Russia

Worked on a large e-commerce platform using ASP, PHP, MS SQL Server, and MySQL. Built automated data integration for supplier catalogs and custom parsers for price list imports.

ASP taught me patience. Parsers taught me joy.

Jun 2007 - Sep 2007

Global Hotel Group Management

Web Developer · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Built the company’s first website from scratch—PHP backend, HTML/CSS/JavaScript frontend. Their first online presence.

May 2005 - Apr 2007

LipetskMedTehnika

Software Engineer · Lipetsk, Russia

Web development with PHP, MySQL, and HTML/CSS. Part-time role while continuing education.

Start

Oct 2003 - May 2005

Lipetsk State Technical University

System Administrator · Lipetsk, Russia

System administration and web development with HTML, CSS, and MySQL. My first C++ experience—built software that students still use today.

In 2022, I ran that old C++ app on Windows just to see. And almost 20 years later—it still works. Honestly? I was surprised.