About | Skills | Projects | Education | Experience | Interests
A Junior Software Engineer, working for Venntro Media Group developing and maintaining over 10K web-sites platform. Previously was involved in managing an airline operations and had background in marketing before decided to have a drastic career change and went for a highly intensive course at Makers Academy bootcamp to become a developer. I am so very excited to take my skills to the next level.
####Technologies I currently work with
Ruby, Rails, TDD, Javascript, AngularJS, MySQL, Redis, Sphinx, RabbitMQ, AWS(S3)
####Self-starter
I moved to the UK back in 2009 to start my second degree. It was a daunting task, I had nothing, just a bag and a placement at Queen Mary University I didn’t know anyone in London. I barely spoke the language and had no idea what was to come next. I had to learn fast luckily is an ability I have. After leaving Queens Mary’s with a masters in Management and Organisational Innovations I landed a role in Civil Aviation and despite being very new to the industry, I quickly made a name for myself.
####Quick learner
I’ve achieved all this through constant learning. It is truly amazing how much you can actually accomplish in just a few weeks. For the Makers Academy final project still being a beginner with JavaScript, I completed a project using two brand-new technologies Ionic framework and decoupled backend. While being familiar with Rails, Ionic was not taught on the course and I managed to learn and build a fully functioning mobile app using this framework within two weeks.
####With the system of things
Being proud of my analytical mind-set I really thrive when it comes to complexity. I find it relatively easy to see the big picture. So for example, with one of the projects at Makers I got the chance to participate in building a gem that tracks and removes unused files within rails project. I managed to come up with quite a simple solution to the problem we were trying to solve. Another example is my work on e-Boarder integration project while at Transaero Airlines as UK Country Manager. As you may not be aware (I hope you’re not) a few years ago the UK Government has decided to follow the US approach in advancing obtaining passenger information (APIS). I worked in collaboration with an IT Department to provide the software allowing the integration of UK Border Agency (e-Borders) with the reservation, check-in system and into the dispatch part of it as well. This required from me deep and thorough analysis of potential pitfall along all the way of the Airline's operation.
| Project | Repo | Description | Technologies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Werewolves App | Front end repo, Back end repo | A mobile app for the very popular game (at Makers Academy) Werewolves, built over 2 weeks in a team of 4. | Rails, PostgreSQL, Ionic, AngularJS |
| rails_cleaner | Gem repo | A gem that allows running executable commands to remove unused auto-generated coffee/scss files in rails-project. | Ruby, Rspec |
| MakersBnB | MakersBnB repo | An AirBnb clone built using Sinatra. We were able to create the full functionality of AirBnb with users, property listings, booking requests and booking confirmations. | Ruby, Sinatra, Postgres /w DataMapper, Bootstrap, RSpec, Capybara |
####Makers Academy 2016
- OOP, TDD, SOLID, MVC, DDD
- Software Craftsmanship
- Agile practices
- Extreme Programming
- Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Node.js, Angular.js
- Rspec, Jasmine, Mocha, Karma, Protractor
####Queen Mary’s University of London 2011 MSc Management & Organisational Innovation
####Russian State University for the Humanities 2009
The Faculty of History Political Science and Law
BSc (Hons.) Public Relation
CAM Qualification in Digital Marketing
Oxford College of Marketing
Junior Software Engineer Venntro Media Group (Sep 2016..present)
Key Achievements:
- Most recently worked on integrating with Amazon S3 to switch from Ceph storage solutions. I've done the Ruby integration side of the project.
- I also worked on improving emails system to cope with the scale up to 6 million a day.
UK Country Manager Transaero Airlines (Jun 2012..Mar 2016)
Key Achievements:
- e-Borders integration project (2013-2015).
- Codeshare agreement with Virgin Atlantic – 2012.
- Sponsorship program for Russian Olympic teams participated in London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games
- Introduced a first class service on the UK route (2014).
- Active member of the Board of Airline Representatives UK (BAR UK)
Account Executive PRP(Creative Agency) (Sep 2008..Aug 2009)
Key Achievements:
- Recognised for the design of creative pitches for Kohler, Husquarna and Beeline (mobile network).
- Organised Beeline press-conferences and promotional activities for Exxon Mobil during Bavaria Moscow City Racing 2010, Nespresso corporative events.
####Completely unrelated experience
Throughout my life I worked with a few jazz orchestras and bands; was involved in music production also as a talent scout. I've done freelance marketing for restaurant chain and property development projects in Russia and CIS countries. My sound work ethic over the years has allowed me to pay for all my education without taking a single loan.
- Book picks: Brave new World by Aldous Huxley, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.
- Art picks: Lucian Freud, Frida Kahlo, Marc Chagall (I paint and was once exhibited ones at Winzavod Art Gallery (Moscow)).
- Music picks: Radiohead, Flying Pickets, Miles Davis (I’ve played the trumpet since the age of 11 and was lucky enough to make a dream come true and performed on the Olympic Stadium’s stage in Moscow to an audience of 20k+).