Kolya
From Moldova, Republic Of (UTC+3)
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Kolya is a full-stack engineer who brings strong proficiency in Python, Node.js, and React, with practical exposure to both RDBMS and NoSQL systems. He has led projects end-to-end, implemented GPT-based chat and personalization features, and has leveraged tools like Cursor and Gemini for development. His strengths lie in modern frontend foundations, thoughtful backend architecture considerations (e.g., autoscaling, retry logic, Redis), and a clear understanding of Python internals like decorators, context managers, and concurrency models.
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Senior Software Engineer
From idea to email in 30 seconds. Inspired by the best in SaaS.
- Shipped a multi-tenant email platform (React, Next.js, Supabase); built a Python/FastAPI service for AI generation and implemented campaign editors and webhook-driven flows.
- Designed a multi-step LLM pipeline (Python, BeautifulSoup): combined branding assets with structured prompts to map content to 50+ variants with enforced schema validation.
- Deployed containerized FastAPI services (AWS, Docker, EC2) with GitHub Actions CI/CD; architected a stateless API integrating OpenAI and S3 for storage.
Senior Software Engineer
Dispensed Australia is a patient-first platform committed to providing trusted, personalised healthcare support that’s easy to access and understand.
- Architected healthcare backends (Node.js, Supabase, Edge Functions) for patient onboarding, Semble prescription polling, Chargebee billing, and Resend delivery.
- Implemented async processing (Database-driven workflows) using state transitions and webhooks; ensured idempotency via unique constraints and handled automated retries.
- Designed event-driven flows (Node.js, PostgreSQL) with explicit workflow states to coordinate external systems and track the end-to-end patient lifecycle.
Senior Software Engineer
United States high-traffic e-commerce platform.
- Led UI modernization and design system architecture (React, TypeScript, Storybook), standardizing reusable components across core customer flows.
- Migrated backend services to event-driven architecture (Kafka, Node.js), enabling resilient, scalable handling of ~1M+ daily events.
- Owned search and product discovery (Algolia), implementing indexing pipelines, relevance tuning, and facets to optimize catalog navigation.
Senior Software Engineer
An innovative AI-driven design-to-code plugin.
- Owned the AI code generation pipeline (Python), transforming Figma nodes into intermediate ASTs to generate structured, deterministic code output.
- Built a prompt and evaluation framework (Python) with unit/snapshot regression checks to detect output drift and ensure layout fidelity.
- Implemented billing and entitlements (Stripe, Stigg); managed feature gating and A/B testing via flagging to optimize enterprise usage-based access.
- Scaled backend services (Flask, MongoDB, Redis) and improved observability via Grafana and Sentry; maintained Travis CI/CD and Cypress/Ghost Inspector tests.
Software Engineer
A significant media platform with over 20 million monthly users.
- Developed serverless microservices in Python/Flask and AWS Lambda, integrating with Kafka, SQS, and REST APIs for content publishing workflows.
- Built frontend UIs in React and TypeScript, integrated with backend APIs, and deployed with CI/CD automation.
Software Engineer
A UK-based financial services platform, encompassing multiple initiatives including a crypto solution, a finance management system, and an investment platform
- Developed backend services in Python (Django, Flask) and modernized legacy systems to Python 3, improving maintainability and performance.
- Designed RESTful APIs and managed relational databases with PostgreSQL.
- Collaborated with frontend teams, integrating APIs into modern JavaScript frameworks.