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Senior Software and Platform Engineer: Python, AWS, Kubernetes, ML Platforms, Mobile Apps

Alicante, Spain
Only remote
Synergy University Moscow: Management of Information Systems (2017)
Alicante, Spain
Only remote
Synergy University Moscow: Management of Information Systems (2017)

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Python Backend Development
Extensive expertise in Python backend development using FastAPI, Pydantic v2, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Celery, Flask and Django. Design and implementation of REST and OpenAPI services, webhooks and queue-based architectures with RabbitMQ and Redis.

Cloud and Platform Engineering (AWS, Kubernetes)
Deep hands-on experience with AWS services including ECS Fargate, Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, CloudFormation and Cognito, as well as GCP. Kubernetes cluster management with RKE2, EKS, Helm, Rancher and Docker, combined with infrastructure-as-code using Pulumi, Terraform, Terragrunt and Ansible.

ML and AI Platform Engineering
Practical experience building and operating ML and generative AI platforms using MLflow, FreqAI, Optuna, CatBoost, scikit-learn, FAISS, sentence-transformers and OpenAI SDK. Integration of LangChain, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and MCP servers for AI-driven development workflows and agent-based automation.

DevOps and CI/CD
Proven track record in delivery and security automation using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins. Tooling includes pytest, mypy, Ruff, Vault, least-privilege IAM, Bandit, CodeQL, Dependabot and Wiz, with CVE response at fleet scale.

Data Engineering and Databases
Broad experience with relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Redis, DynamoDB and ArcticDB. Covers migrations, backups and restore testing.

Observability and Monitoring
Setup and operation of observability stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Thanos, CloudWatch, Sentry and Langfuse for production systems.

Blockchain Infrastructure
Operation of blockchain data platforms indexing multiple EVM networks in real time. Management of full nodes, real-time block indexers, tx-details and tracer services across bare-metal and Kubernetes clusters.

Frontend and Mobile Development
Frontend and mobile development skills covering React, TypeScript, Vite, Next.js on the web side, and Swift with SwiftUI as well as Kotlin with Jetpack Compose for native mobile applications.

Fraud Detection and Fintech Systems
Design and delivery of real-time fraud detection systems using ETL on Airflow, feature engineering, CatBoost training, real-time scoring, MLflow model lifecycle, monitoring and alerts. Saved a payment processor client 500,000 EUR per year.

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2022

Languages

EnglishFluentRussianNative speakerSpanishBasic knowledge

Project history

Senior Platform Engineer - Quantitative Trading Platform

Private investment fund (NDA)
Cloud-native trading platform on AWS using Python, FastAPI, Freqtrade, MLflow, Pulumi, ECS, Lambda and DynamoDB. Built an AI-driven SDLC on Claude Code with coordinator and parallel worker agents, designed trading-safety controls, led least-privilege IAM hardening and implemented fail-closed infrastructure deployment guards.

Senior DevOps Engineer, Blockchain Infrastructure

Blockchain analytics platform (NDA)
Operated a blockchain data platform indexing 6 EVM networks in real time across ~70 bare-metal/VPS hosts and three Kubernetes clusters. Managed full nodes, real-time block indexers, day-to-day operations of 70+ hosts, built AI-assisted documentation and runbooks, automated TLS certificate issuance and led security patching campaigns.

Technical Co-founder

Fraudo
Client project that checks a bank-transfer receipt in a fraction of a second and returns accept, review or reject with a 0-100 risk score and an explanation. Built with FastAPI, Pydantic, PostgreSQL 16, RabbitMQ, Redis, OpenAPI with API keys, idempotency keys and signed webhooks, and a React and TypeScript interface with role-based access.

Senior MLOps Engineer

Caterpillar (via COMTEK International)
Contributed to an AWS-based enterprise ML and Generative AI platform supporting model registration, deployment, inference, orchestration and operational monitoring. Delivered HTTPS access to model operations dashboards, improved model-serving diagnostics, designed OpenAPI contracts and reusable Python modules, and implemented Langfuse ingress and deployment configuration improvements on Kubernetes.

DevOps Engineer / Software Developer

Payment and merchant systems (NDA)
Infrastructure modernization and software development across production payment and merchant systems. Built GitLab CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes releases, migrated Docker Compose workloads to Kubernetes with Helm, implemented encrypted off-site backups, centralized monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana and Alertmanager, and integrated OpenAI Codex into the SDLC.

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Fintech company (NDA)
Built an ML API that finds the most likely bank from free-text input and returns top-K candidates with matched tag and distance using ruBERT, sentence-transformers, FAISS, PostgreSQL JSONB and background re-indexing on Celery and Redis. Responses under 200 ms.

Senior Software / ML Engineer

Payment processing company (NDA)
Built real-time fraud detection that saved the client 500,000 EUR a year. Owned the full stack: ETL on Airflow, features, CatBoost training, real-time scoring, MLflow model lifecycle, monitoring and alerts using Python, Flask, Celery, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL and Redis.

Senior Software Engineer

Other contract work (NDA)
Trading platform backend for stocks and crypto with 8+ Python microservices using FastAPI and asyncio, exchange integrations over REST, WebSocket and FIX. Android terminal for financial events in Java with four delivery channels, deduplication and persistent queue.

Senior Automation Engineer

P2P.org
Built Python, Groovy and JavaScript services with integrations to HR systems, DocuSign, Intercom, Telegram and Slack. Request processing time reduced by 50% for 250+ users, approval time down 80%. Moved services to GCP with Kubernetes, Helm and Argo CD.

Lead Developer

VTB Bank
Led development on a high-load Atlassian stack for 25,000 users and 2,000,000 issues using Java plugins, Groovy and Python, REST integrations. JVM and GC tuning improved responsiveness by 60%.

Lead Developer

Luxoft
Jira Data Center 6.x to 8.3 upgrade for 10,000 users and 5M+ issues; performance work on Jira and Confluence.

Team Lead

Syssoft
Atlassian consulting and a Jira Data Center cluster; two cross-platform mobile apps including an e-wallet and ticket booking.

Deputy IT Director

GlowByte
IT for 600+ users in two offices; SLA breaches down 59%; VMware to AWS EC2 migration.

System Administrator to IT Manager

Various employers
Built IT departments and infrastructure: call centres with 100+ seats, offices, networks, virtualization using VMware, Hyper-V and KVM, and backup solutions.

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