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