python developer

Alex Verchenko

Python Software Engineer

About Me

Experienced software engineer with 5 years of experience, specializing in backend development using Python. Proficient in managing both small and large projects, collaborating with dedicated teams and developers across various domains. Led a team of developers and trained interns.

Work Experience

Sep 2023 - Present
Clutch (at Mad Devs LLC)

Team Lead

  • Led a team of Python developers (6 members), actively involved in some feature planning and decomposition with CTO, delegation of responsibilities, conducting 1\1 meetings, and participating in developer recruitment.
Dec 2020 - Present
Clutch (at Mad Devs LLC)

Python Developer

  • Developed the logic for four types of advertisements on a website.
  • Created a microservice for generating and nominating company awards, allowing companies to display badges of their achievements on their profiles.
  • Advocated for and implemented a microservice architecture change, utilizing design patterns and managing data migration.
  • Optimized computations using multiprocessing and parallelized requests to external services with asyncio and multithreading.
  • Increased test coverage in the Page Management service from 70% to 97%.
  • Profiled memory leaks, optimized code, and enhanced database queries.

Technology stack: Python, Django, DRF, gRPC , PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Celery, Airflow, Sentry, Kibana, Grafana, Docker, kubernetes (k8s), AWS.

Oct 2019 - Nov 2020
Sunrisestudio

Python Developer

Designed and developed a backend from scratch for a local restaurant chain, encompassing loyalty program logic, a robust API for ordering, front-end integration, and seamless integration with the internal restaurant order system, including automated price and menu updates.

Contributed to CRM development and backend integration, including IP-telephony integration.

Achievements: Increased customer loyalty and sales by 30% through the implementation of a bonus system, new web interface, and mobile applications, while streamlining order processing.

Technology stack: Django, Django Rest Framework (DRF), HTML, JavaScript / jQuery, Celery, Sentry, Docker.

Tech Stack

  • Python
  • Django \ FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL, Redis
  • ElasticSearch
  • Celery \ Airflow
  • Sentry \ APM \ Kibana \ Grafana
  • Docker \ AWS

Soft Skills

  • Leadership
  • Commitment
  • Conducting 1\1 calls
  • Team leading

Education

  • Specialist diploma in engineering
    Kyrgyz-Russian University
    2010 - 2015

Languages

  • Russian
  • English
  • Serbian