Summary
Technical leader with deep experience in platform engineering, cloud migration, observability, and developer tooling for large distributed systems.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Roku, Inc
- Serve as the Platform Tech Lead for the Search & Recommendation department (120+ engineers, 300+ microservices), owning critical infrastructure (service mesh, discovery, observability) powering the Homescreen experience for over 90 million users.
- Leading organization-wide AWS-to-GCP cloud migration initiative for the entire department, architecting database strategy, storage solutions (S3→GCS), and multi-cloud networking approach; coordinating migration planning across 250+ Java APIs and cross-functional infrastructure teams.
- Architected Kubernetes migration to Istio-based service mesh, serving as solution architect while collaborating with product leadership on containerization strategy and multi-cloud deployment patterns.
- Led zero-downtime migration of 300+ diverse workloads from Datadog to self-hosted Thanos/Prometheus stack, significantly reducing observability costs while enabling customized, high-performance monitoring.
- Generated multi-million dollar annual savings by initiating and leading cloud cost optimization efforts, focusing on infrastructure enhancements and architectural simplification.
- Pioneering agentic AI across the department: developed KubeGenie (LLM-powered SRE agent reducing incident resolution time by 40%), led agentic code reviews, and created AI skills marketplace enabling knowledge sharing across 300+ services.
Senior Software Engineer
Just Eat Takeaway
- Owned APIs and backend microservices in Python and C# for real-time logistics systems handling 16,000+ RPS across 8 countries.
- Built cloud-native services on AWS using EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, SNS, and SQS for core delivery operations.
- Partnered with ML engineers to deploy SageMaker models and integrate a Redis-based real-time feature store.
- Improved delivery tracking and logistics workflows for large partners including McDonald's and Hungry Jack's.
Software Engineer
Deloitte, Healthcare Project
- Raised automated test coverage from 0% to 80%+, sharply reducing regressions in a HIPAA-sensitive product.
- Built REST APIs with Python, Sanic, Flask, PostgreSQL, and Docker, and contributed to frontend work with AngularJS and ES6.
- Started local engineering meetups to improve knowledge sharing across the team.
Software Engineer
CloudLinux
- Worked on Imunify360, a Linux security product covering malware detection, intrusion prevention, and patch management.
- Built across Python, Docker, Jenkins, Linux, SQL, MongoDB, and Nginx.
- Integrated third-party services including Acronis, Plesk, and Google Safe Browsing.
- Designed a CI pipeline that improved deployment safety and engineering productivity.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Enterprise Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv