09/15/2024 updated

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Full-Stack Engineer • Ex-Shopify, Klarna, Omio

Berlin, Germany
Worldwide
Berlin, Germany
Worldwide

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Alex Zhuk - CV - dev.pdf

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I am a Full-Stack Engineer and Engineering Leader with over a decade of experience in the tech industry. After leading teams of up to 15 people at companies like Shopify and Klarna, I've transitioned back to hands-on full-stack development. My expertise spans Developer Experience, LLMs, Mobile, and Web technologies, with a background that includes both early-stage startups and BigTech.

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EnglischFluentRussischNative speakerUkrainischNative speaker

Project history

Full-Stack Engineer

Self Employed

Internet & IT

< 10 team member

Built and launched Telegram bot for Vipassana meditators.
Stack: NodeJS, Typescript, XState, DigitalOcean, MySQL, Langchain, OpenAI APIs

Full-Stack Engineer - Consultant

Other

< 10 team member

Worked with an early-stage startup (myself and 2 founders) to develop their first MVP.
Stack: React, Typescript, Refine, TanStack Query, Java Spring, PostgreSQL, OpenAI APIs

Engineering Group Manager - Shop Infrastructure Group

Shopify

Internet & IT

>10.000 team member

Directly led three teams forming the Shop Infrastructure Group. Our primary focus was to develop and maintain the infrastructure of the Shop app.

* Unified tools, patterns, and infrastructure across multiple backend codebases
* Established reliable metrics for the Shop app's boot and screen navigation,
empowering teams to enhance app performance by up to 70% for certain screens
* Reduced Shop app boot time by approximately 30%
* Developed a suite of E2E smoke tests to ensure the main branch remains
functional at all times
* Provided consistent support for 40+ teams

My responsibilities:
* Developed the roadmap and long-term vision for the Shop Infra Group
* Enhanced the on-call process across the Shop department
* Established development processes and best practices
* Mentored team members for individual career growth
* Oversaw the technical direction and architecture of our systems

Group size: 15 people
Direct reports: 10 software engineers

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