Engineering Lead · Ukraine · Remote / EU
I grow engineering teams and modernize the platforms they build.
8+ years turning enterprise software into faster, safer, better-run systems — across Retail, FinTech and Oil & Gas. Hands-on architecture meets people development and engineering enablement.
◆Selected work
Platforms shipped, teams grown.
From founder-built products to enterprise platforms under NDA — the through-line is architecture, delivery and the engineering practices that make them last.
◆Impact in numbers
Measurable outcomes, not job titles.
A snapshot of recent engineering and leadership impact — modernization, reliability, enablement and the people grown along the way.
Years in enterprise software & leadership
Engineers led on an international backend team
Java repositories modernized (JDBC → R2DBC)
Faster service startup for distributed systems
Engineers using the Claude Certified Architect platform
Practice sessions on the internal AI certification platform
Certifications supported
Platform availability sustained
Faster critical vulnerability resolution
Production data migrated to newer Kafka brokers with zero downtime
Senior / Lead interviews conducted
Engineers mentored as Resource Manager
Facilitator in the AI Engineer Program at EPAM
Internal platforms (Interview & Skills) audited and improved for developer growth
AI certifications earned in 2026: Anthropic Claude Architect Foundations and Certified Partner Specialist — Gemini Enterprise Agent Development
◆About
I'm an Engineering Lead with 8+ years across Retail, FinTech and Oil & Gas — helping engineering teams grow, improving how they work, and driving technical excellence.
My background combines hands-on software engineering with technical leadership, people development and engineering enablement. I care about impact beyond individual features: the practices, platforms and people that make a whole team faster and more reliable.
Recently that has meant modernizing 25+ Java repositories from blocking JDBC to reactive R2DBC, cutting service startup times by 60%, and building an internal AI certification platform now used by 4,000+ engineers with 30,000+ practice sessions.
Engineering Enablement
Raising productivity, quality and AI adoption through tooling, practices and platforms — impact that reaches far beyond a single feature.
Technical Leadership
Leading international teams of up to 15 engineers: architecture, testing, delivery and production ownership, done to a consistently high standard.
People Development
Career development management, mentoring, and hiring — 30+ Senior/Lead interviews and engineers grown into leadership roles.
Platform Modernization
Driving large-scale modernization: reactive migrations, faster startups, cloud-native rearchitecture and measurable reliability gains.
◆Tech stack
The tools I build and lead with.
A working command of the modern JVM backend, distributed systems, cloud-native delivery — and, increasingly, applied AI engineering.
01/Languages
02/Backend & Frameworks
03/Architecture & Distributed Systems
04/Cloud & DevOps
05/Messaging
06/Databases
07/Testing & Quality
08/Tools
09/AI Engineering
◆ Contact
Let's build something excellent.
Happily engaged full-time, but always glad to connect with good people and hear about the right opportunity in engineering leadership, management, developer experience or distributed-systems architecture. The best way to reach me is email or LinkedIn.