Andrey Sinitsyn

Result-oriented back-end developer with almost 15 years of experience. Effective problem-solver, team player, passionate about technical challenges, especially at the intersection of different technologies.

In the last years I have successfully worked both for start-ups and large enterprise customers. Used to working in a multicultural environment and cross-functional teams.

Looking for a new challenging role as a Senior/Lead back-end developer

Senior Back-End Developer - Contractor / Toptal

Jan 2019 - PRESENT, Remote

Full-time work for the company's clients:

Motorola Solutions. Worked on major refactoring of legacy code and adding new features for a crucial internal project, also was engaged in support of a company's online store. Managed end-to end feature implementation, worked with business to ensure internal customer satisfaction, took part in tech brainstorming inside and outside my team. Conducting tech interviews.

Tech stack: Python, Postgresql, Oracle, Oracle Commercial Cloud, Click, Cronicle.

Senior Software Developer / Quokky Srl

Feb 2017 - Dec 2018, Udine, Italy

Work on the company's product Duedot - collaboration tools for B2B/B2C. Also working on a document recognition system for one of the biggest CAF in Italy.

Senior Back-End Developer - Contractor / Toptal

Mar 2014 - Feb 2017, Remote

Full-time work for the company's client:

Birdiefire.com. Rebuilt live scoring system, made massive changes in project architecture in order to prepare for high loads. Moving to mobile clients, by developing REST API functionality and cross-platform mobile apps.

Techstack: AWS (EC2, RDS, Route53, ElastiCache, S3, Cloudfront), Django, MySQL, Celery, RabbitMQ, deploy system on top of Fabric and Boto, AngularJS, Apache Cordova for mobile apps.

Software Developer / GERO (https :// gero.com)

Sept 2013 - Mar 2014, Remote

Startup in "age hacking", tried to figure out dependencies between motor activity patterns and various diseases.

Provided programming support for scientists. Implemented data collectors with different wrist tracker APIs, such as Jawbone, Bodymedia, Nike Fuel.

CTO / Action Learning (https :// activelearn.ru)

April 2012 - October 2013, Moscow, Russia

Built box version of an e-learning platform which was used in more than 30 projects for the clients of the company.

Integration of product into different IT environments ( SCORM packages in Webtutor, IBM Collaborative Learning 2.5-2.7, Moodle LMSs).

Choice of IT Architecture for business processes of the company (moved all projects to cloud virtual hosting).

People management and recruiting developers for core team and other projects (successfully created a team of 10 persons from scratch).

Tech stack: Python (Django), PostgreSQL, Flash, Vanilla Javascript

Head of R&D / Open Priority Management Company

December 2010 - April 2012, Moscow, Russia

Venture fund with an in-house development team, focusing on rapid prototyping. Defining tech stack and people management in a fast-paced venture environment.

Tech stack: Python (Django), PostgreSQL.

Mid/Senior Developer / Handmade Ltd

September 2006 - December 2010, Moscow, Russia

Worked on multiple client projects remotely and in-house.

Tech stack: Perl, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, XUL, JS, Django, Mercurial bindings, Python, PHP, Actionscript (Flash/Flex), OpenCV and much more

System Engineer / Master

September 1998 - June 2004, Moscow Aviation institute (National Research University)

Aerospace faculty/ System Engineer/ Modelling and operations research in organizational and technical systems

Constant Learning of the new technologies required for current role and not only.

Recently received two certificates from Coursera on Machine Learning and Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1 provided by Stanford university.