Head of the development team
        VK, Feb 2021 - May 2022
        
          Delivered on-premises and SaaS business solutions
          including corporate email, file storage, messaging for enterprise
          clients. Key highlights:
        
        
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            Worked directly with on-premise customers to gather requirements,
            deploy updates and provide ongoing support
          
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            Led a major rewrite of legacy codebases
            (Backbone.js, jQuery,
            Jinja2) into a modern stack with
            TypeScript, React,
            MobX and a DI container
          
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            Designed and implemented โsmart collectionsโ for
            efficient client-side data management
          
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            Made key architectural and product decisions, defining the roadmap
            and prioritization of features
          
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            Performed the role of team lead mentoring developers, driving
            technical discussions and leading sprint planning, retrospectives
            and demos
          
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            Oversaw full team lifecycle: interviewing, hiring, onboarding,
            performance reviews and offboarding
          
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            Balanced hands-on development with extensive administrative
            responsibilities and stakeholder communications