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Maksym K.
PHP Developer
Maksym is a highly experienced backend developer with over 10 years of commercial expertise. He possesses extensive skills in MVC-based PHP frameworks, including Symfony and Laravel. His proficiency in developing cloud-based systems enables him to create highly efficient and scalable solutions.
With more than five years of leadership experience, Maksym has successfully guided teams as a Technical Advisor and Team Lead, driving effective collaboration and seamless project delivery.
One of his most notable achievements was leading the migration of Sweetspot, a Proxify client, to a new infrastructure utilizing Kubernetes, AWS spot instances, and GitHub Actions. His work received excellent feedback and delivered exceptional results.
Main expertise
- PHP 10 years
- Yii 5 years
- Symfony 5 years
Other skills
- Java 4 years
- Redis 3 years
- ElasticSearch 3 years
Selected experience
Employment
Technical Lead
Sweetspot - 3 years 9 months
- Orchestrated and led initiatives to enhance the platform and improve development processes, resulting in increased operational efficiency and productivity;
- Spearheaded the successful migration to a Kubernetes-based infrastructure, utilizing HPA and AWS spot instances to improve scalability and reliability;
- Optimized CI/CD workflows by transitioning from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by over 50% and streamlining the development pipeline;
- Pioneered the adoption of advanced development methodologies such as Domain Driven Design, Hexagonal Architecture, and CQRS, strengthening code robustness and flexibility;
- Initiated a comprehensive technical debt refactoring post-MVP, elevating code quality and system maintainability;
- Established a new analytics stack and processes based on the ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) approach, improving data insights and decision-making;
- Led the project and team decomposition process, ensuring efficient resource allocation and project management in alignment with the company’s growth objectives;
- Analyzed product and business criteria, developing technical solutions that resulted in successful product launches and high customer satisfaction;
- Developed and communicated a clear technical vision, aligning the team's efforts with long-term business goals and ensuring sustainable success;
- Played a pivotal role in scaling the company's products into new markets, ensuring seamless expansion while maintaining high product quality.
Technologies:
- Technologies:
PHP
Symfony
Laravel
MySQL
Redis
ElasticSearch
AWS
Docker
Senior Software Engineer
Sweetspot - 2 years
- Led the development of a SaaS booking platform for the golf industry from scratch, including the creation of a CRM system for golf managers, a mobile application, and a web app for golfers;
- Implemented a unique pricing model with a dynamic curve based on historical data, boosting the platform's competitiveness and revenue generation;
- Established and optimized development processes and standards, ensuring efficient and high-quality software delivery;
- Set up infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, enabling seamless integration and deployment of new features and updates;
- Maintained clear and concise documentation of development processes, infrastructure setup, and system architecture, facilitating knowledge transfer and the onboarding of new team members.
Technologies:
- Technologies:
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PHP
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Symfony
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Laravel
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MySQL
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AWS
Senior Software Engineer
Tapcore - 2 years
- Designed and implemented a reliable and fault-tolerant API integration and billing service, ensuring seamless communication with numerous mobile data networks;
- Developed and maintained clean, efficient, and reusable code, following best practices and coding standards, which contributed to delivering high-quality and maintainable software solutions;
- Applied Kafka for real-time data processing, ensuring that the system could handle large streams of data efficiently and reliably;
- ****Integrated Doctrine for seamless database management, optimizing database interactions and ensuring data integrity across various operations.
Technologies:
- Technologies:
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PHP
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Symfony
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MySQL
Education
BSc.BSc. Computer Science and Engineering
National Technical University of Ukraine «Kyiv Polytechnic Institute» · 2007 - 2011
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