Full Stack Engineer and Tech Lead

Forks Meal Planner is a B2C subscription SaaS (Software as a Service), delivering healthy plant-based meal plans and fresh recipes every week to nearly one million users all over the world.

As Principal Full Stack Engineer and Tech Lead, I contributed on every level:

• Wrote over 200 test cases to increase test coverage above 90% (for dramatic increase of sprint velocity)
• Introduced CI/CD pipeline (which resulted in less bugs creeping into production)
• Installed error reporting on backend and frontend (which enabled us to catch and act on any errors before users could report them)
• Set up automatic scaling of backend infrastructure (because nobody likes 503 service unavailable)
• Recruited and led small engineering team
• Rewrote responsive frontend from AngularJS to Vue/Vuex (for 8x UI speed improvement and 5x faster development)
• Optimized API endpoints for 6x faster response times (for better user experience, less churn + higher LTV, and smaller infrastructure costs)
• Supported marketing team with implementations of various AB tests (for 1.5x desktop and 2x mobile conversion rate improvement)
• Implemented internal affiliate system with automatic PayPal payouts (for decreasing our CAC ratio)
• Integrated Stripe, Braintree, and in-app payments with webhooks for server to server notifications
• Developed mobile apps (iOS and Android) while reusing 90% of existing web application codebase
• Developed discount and subscription gifting systems
• Refactored the system from fixed 2/4/8 servings to dynamic serving sizes
• Integraded shopping list with Amazon Fresh
• Added support for automatic metric system conversion (we have customers world wide)
• Sped up email delivery by 8x
• Added support for push notifications on desktop and mobile
• Added support for google and apple sign in across all browsers and apps
• Took care of database, backend and frontend servers, SSL certificates, etc. to ensure seamless product operation

Forks Meal Planner is built using Vue/Vuex, Nuxt, Boostrap4, Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Celery, RabbitMQ, Redis and ElasticSearch. Mobile apps are built with NativeScript-Vue.

JOBUBA (cofounder)

Jobuba is a social, real-time gig platform, where users and companies can offer their gigs (or jobs), and users - jobbers within the distance are then notified of the offer. Jobbers can then bid on the offer with a message, price and availability. Poster of the gig can then select one of the bidders, depending on their price, availability and social feedback received from previous gigs. When the bidder is selected, contact information is revealed to both parties, and they can contact each other via email, phone or in-app messenger.

As a technical cofounder, I was in charge of implementing complete backend, responsive frontend, scalable infrastructure (AWS Beanstalk) and also React Native prototype for Android. I was also acting as a tech lead for our iOS app developer.

Jobuba is built using Angular/RxJs, Python/Django, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS - PostgreSQL, ElastiCache, EC2, Load balancer, Redis. Android mobile app is built using React Native and iOS app is built with Objective-C.

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imusify (hands-on CTO)

imusify is an award-winning music platform that is integrates the best practices of crowdfunding, streaming, media sharing, and social networking; creating a unique ecosystem, in which artists, fans, and other stakeholders can directly interact with one another within a decentralized marketplace, governed by smart contracts.

As a hands-on CTO and technical advisor, I was in charge of implementing and refactoring backend, responsive frontend and scalable infrastructure (Heroku/Hirefire. Besides being heavily involved in coding, I also managed and led a remote team of frontend, backend and blockchain developers.

imusify is built using Angular, Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, RabbitMQ, AWS S3, AWS CloudFront, CloudFlare and NEO blockchain

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Trackosaurus (ProductHunt hackathon project)

Trackosaurus is trying to address user anonymity when they are interacting with ecommerce web sites.

A lot of users refrain from leaving their email or phone number on a website, if the product they want to buy is out of stock. Why? Well, they risk getting spammed.

We saw the solution in push notifications where users can anonymously sign up for notification when item is back in stock, when seller offers free shipping, when price is dropped, when tickets are on sale, etc...

I implemented backend, FCM push notifications, responsive frontend and installable JavaScript widget.

Trackosaurus was built using Vue.js, Python/Django, PostgreSQL

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