May 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

• Led three teams forming the Shop Infrastructure Group. Our primary focus was to develop and maintain the infrastructure of the Shop app (React Native & RoR).
• Established reliable metrics for the Shopify Shop app's boot and screen navigation, enabling teams to speed them up by up to 70%
• 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
• Unified tools, patterns, and infrastructure across multiple backend codebases
• 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

Apr 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr · Berlin, Germany

• Built tooling that enabled a 60% decrease in Klarna's React Native app load time
• Built tooling preventing performance regressions
• My responsibilities:
• Combined Engineering Manager and Product Manager roles
• Set up processes and development practices
• Individual career development of team members
• Overseeing technical direction and architecture of our systems
• Direct reports: 6 software engineers

Aug 2020 – Jun 2021 · 10 mos · Berlin, Germany

• Established process for automated sourcing of deals
• Built tools for internal editors to add and moderate deals
• Integrated deals in the most relevant places in Klarna's App
• My responsibilities:
• Participated in technical due diligence of a company acquired by Klarna
• Set up processes and development practices
• Together with Product Manager defined the team's vision, mission, and roadmap
• Individual career development of team members
• Overseeing technical direction and architecture of our systems
• Coordinating multiple cross-team and cross-department projects
• Direct reports: 6 software engineers

Mar 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

• Developed tooling and architecture that allowed Omio's product teams to build and ship features simultaneously to Web, iOS, and Android
• Drove migration of Omio's Native Apps to React Native
• Ported Omio's styleguide to React Native
• Covered main user flows with E2E tests
• Provided consistent support for 60+ engineers
• My responsibilities:
• Combined Engineering Manager and Product Manager roles
• Hired and built the team from scratch
• Set up processes and development practices
• Individual career development of team members
• Oversaw technical direction and architecture of our systems
• Led Frontend Chapter - a company-wide forum for Frontend engineers to share knowledge and align on architectural decisions
• Built and kept the team's roadmap updated
• Regularly collected feedback from teams using our tools
• Direct reports: 8 software engineers

Feb 2017 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Berlin Metropolitan Area

• Built Frontend architecture enabling checkout flow for 500+ bus, train, and flight providers
• Integrated 8 payment methods
• Enabled 5 other teams to add their functionalities into the checkout flow
• My responsibilities:
• Set up processes and development practices
• Individual career development of team members
• Oversaw technical direction and architecture of our systems
• Established Frontend Chapter - a company-wide forum for Frontend engineers to share knowledge and align on architectural decisions
• Led development and adoption of Omio's UI Styleguide - a library of React components used across all Omio's Frontends
• Direct reports: 4 software engineers

Jun 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

Jun 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr · Berlin Metropolitan Area

Aug 2013 – May 2014 · 9 mos · Ukraine

Feb 2013 – Aug 2013 · 6 mos · Ukraine

Jun 2011 – Feb 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · Ukraine

Dec 2010 – Jun 2011 · 6 mos · Ukraine