Engineering Manager / Team Leader

Confidential Startup

• Engineering Leadership: Led technical discussions, architecture design, engineering planning, cross-functional collaboration, Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, code reviews, technical mentoring, and delivery management.
• AI Engineering: Designed AI/ML architectures, recommendation systems, RAG, vector databases, LLM integration, conversational AI, data preprocessing pipelines, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
• Software Engineering: Led backend and frontend development, API design, FastAPI services, PostgreSQL, ChromaDB, scalable system architecture, document ingestion pipelines, and end-to-end implementation.
• Stakeholder & Delivery Management: Partnered with clients to translate requirements into technical solutions, define delivery plans, prioritize engineering work, and manage risks.

IDT

• Led engineering delivery, translating ambiguous requirements into clear technical specifications, execution plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Guided architecture discussions with focus on reliability, scalability, performance, and maintainability; supported CI/CD workflows, performance monitoring, and production-readiness.
• Managed project prioritization, delivery risks, resource allocation, and team capacity; conducted 1:1s, mentoring, and performance reviews.
• Partnered with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders to align roadmaps and deliver clear progress updates.

CCX.inc

• Clarified and translated requirements to technical specifications.
• Made UI/UX-oriented decisions with the Product team.

Sentium Consulting

• Managed product lifecycle with focus on requirement analysis, process optimization, and delivery.
• Gathered and documented business requirements; analyzed customer needs; facilitated backlog management and sprint planning.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with Engineering and UI/UX teams; participated in UAT; ensured timely, on-budget delivery.

Kubeshop

• Developed reusable UI components (React + Electron JS), reducing development time by 30%.
• Implemented automated workflows with Cypress, Jest and Docker; collaborated with stakeholders on requirements.

Banked

• Delivered a QR-based system, translating business requirements into technical solutions and ensuring testing and system reliability.
• Implemented RWD and Adaptive Design with OOCSS; worked with stakeholders to align business needs with implementation.

EPAM Systems

• Streamlined and automated workflow through front-end JavaScript development, improving loading time by 50%.
• As Resource Manager, analyzed project needs and team capacity to allocate resources efficiently; participated in technical, organizational, and business discussions for EPAM JS Unit.
• Identified training needs for EPAM RD school; mentored and coached 3 developers in EPAM Mentorship Program.

Click2Sure Company LLC

• Collaborated with business and a team of 7 Engineers and Designers; led frontend development and improved system performance and UX.

SoftConstruct LLC

• Built and delivered SaaS product features scaling to high user volumes; developed modern, responsive SPA with 600K+ monthly active users.

SLIKR

• Developed B2B/B2C payment APIs; built frontend in Angular 6, TypeScript, Webpack, HTML5/CSS3.

Iguan Systems LLC

• Improved website performance by 70% in six weeks; optimized SEO ranking by 200%.