My name is Alex Nikitin. I'm a professionsal full-stack programmer in the field related to web and various online services.

I have two masters’ degrees: Master in Information Technology at Clark University (GPA: 3.92, Worcester, MA, USA) and Master’s degree with honors in "Program Engineering: Security and Data Protection" (GPA: 3.9).

I have work experience as a full-stack programmer for 11+ years (PHP, MySQL, Apache, Nginx, LAMP, REST API, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, PhoneGap/Cordova development, various Amazon Cloud Tools, Linux Environment), and I've been working in the USA for 7+ years.

I speak in two languages: English (excellent) and Russian (as my native language)

Please feel free to contact me via email alex@nikitin.ninja or using the form at the bottom.

Education and Skills

Education

Clark University - Worcester, MA, USA - [December 2013]
Master of Science in Information Technology; GPA: 3.92

South Ural State University - Top 10 in Russia - [June 2013]
Master’s degree with honors in Software Engineering: Security and Data Protection; GPA: 3.9

South Ural State University - Top 10 in Russia - [June 2011]
Bachelor in Engineering and Technology: Information Science and Computer Engineering; GPA: 3.7

Knowledgebase keywords

Big Data processing
Data streaming
Docker and containerization technologies
DevOps and CI/CD processes
Database optimization
GIT and GIT flow developmet
CMS/Information Systems Development
Software integration
API development and support
GIS and geo-tracking systems

More Skills  

Development Stack

  • PHP4/5/7, OOP, MySQL, Apache Web-Server, JQuery, AngularJS, AJAX, HTML4/5, CSS2/3, JavaScript, Python, Symfony-2, Golang
  • MySQL, MemSQL, Redshift/PostgreSQL, Memcached, MongoDB; Database query planning, stored procedures, optimization, analysis, caching
  • CI/CD tools, scaling and autoscaling, load balancing
  • Linux Server (Debian/RedHat families), Linux CLI (shell/bash), AWS Amazon Cloud (EC2, S3 Storage, RDS, EMR, ECS/ECR, Elasticacache, SES, SNS, SQS, CloudWatch, LB/ALB and many others), Docker/Docker Compose, VMware ESXi
  • MVC/MVVM patterns, RESTful API, JSON, XML, Authorize.net API, Stripe API, Mandrill App API,
  • PhoneGap/Cordova/Ionic, Google Analytics API, Google Maps API, Google Locator API
  • Various front-end development frameworks, such as JQuery, JQuery-UI, Bootstrap, AngularJS and many others
  • Kafka, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Amazon EMR
  • Understanding and configuring VoIP Systems, Asterisk, FreePBX
  • Ethereum Platform, Biometrical Identification Systems (Palm/Finger Vein identification)
  • C#, C/C++, SQL, ActionScript 3.0, Delphi 7, Matlab
  • Programming Microcontrollers (Atmega series) and Microcomputers (Raspberry PI) and others embedded hardware
  • Windows Server 2003/2008; Windows XP/7/8/10; MS Office XP/2003/2007/2010; AutoCAD 2007; OpenOffice/LibreOffice
  • Experience with Wordpress, Joomla
  • Languages: English (excellent), Russian (native speaker)
  • Understanding stack of protocols TCP/IP and OSI model

Work Experience  

Work Experience

TeleSign, CA, USA
[Oct 2021 – Present]

Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack)

  • working on supporting existing legacy and newer systems and developing new features
  • working on security issues and fixing some vulnerabilities
  • working on DB updates, DB migration scripts, working on stored procedures, reporting review and updates (among large datasets using various approaches including distributed MapReduce jobs, MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, Elasticache)
  • working on development of new product related to users and access management (Go/Goland)
  • working with AWS subsystems integration, configuration, connection and others (ECR/ECS, SAML, RDS, ETL, Lambda, Load balancing, SNS, SQS, others)
  • working on projects dockerizing and making them containers friendly (Docker, Harbor, ECR/ECS)
  • participating in code reviews, and cross teams interactions, Portal/CMS development and integration (10k+ customers, 100k+ users) ReactJS, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and Jquery, Bootstrap. All development was approached with Object-Oriented Programming, MVC and ETL pipelines; Python, Golang, Shell, RabbitMQ/Kafka on backend
  • acting as a team and dev lead
  • helping project owners and managers to handle project planning, development, roadmap,
  • gathering integration requirements inside the company across other teams and departments as well as other partners
  • participating in scrum ceremonies and various other discussion meetings and topics
  • participating in candidates interview process
  • mentoring intern candidates
  • handling full-cycle projects release including architectural, security, dev and ops reviews, setup processes
  • helping and guiding on certain dev and operations practices among various projects, consulting regarding best practices and approaches
  • Tech stack and keywords: AWS, cloud, python, django, fastapi, go/golang, jira, OAuth2.0, SSO, SAML2, ECS, SQL, MS SQL, Stored functions and procedures, JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS, postman, kibana, git, linux, shell, bash, Docker, OOP, MVC, ETL Pipelines, CI/CD Pipelines, Client-Server
SPINS Ventures LLC, SPINS LLC, CA, USA
[Nov 2019 - Oct 2021]

Senior Analytics Software Engineer (Software Developer, Applications)

  • Developed client-server software which runs on Linux operating system, in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud environment, with Apache HTTP server; which uses MySQL database, PHP programming language, and overall LAMP Stack programmatic technologies
  • Worked with server-side image processing, geospatial data editing, and Web Service Architecture and made geospatial/GIS application development, including ArcGIS / ESRI JS, CartoDB, Mapbox, SmartyStreets, and GoogleMaps API
  • Integrated client-server software with RESTful API, including Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google Charts, and ESRI Maps while followed supplied design files using front-end development, such as HTML/HTML5, CSS2/3, JavaScript and Jquery, Bootstrap. All development was approached with Object-Oriented Programming, MVC and ETL pipelines
  • Worked with large data sets, with using MapReduce framework as well as configured Hadoop applications and scoop jobs to import/export data
  • Audited and then made recommendations for improved platform performance of information systems by developing scripts on Shell/Python. Followed an architecture that requires the creation of software “containers” using Docker/ECR/ECS containerization technologies and the ability to program access to containers using SNS tasks. Data stream with using Kafka and Apache Spark technologies
  • Led development of Internal CMS/CRM tool serving 2500+ clients and 8000+ users
  • Designed, developed and integrated oauth2.0 and SSO/SAML in-house framework
  • Architected, designed, developed and integrated application tracking system, which handles up to 15 millions tracking events per day, converts into data metrics and runs realtime reporting among 15-17 billions of data entries for the past year or two.
  • Worked as part and mentored data integration teams and tasks, analysis and approaches
  • Helped and guided on certain devops practices and operations among various projects, consulting regarding best practices and approaches
“DevTaim” LLC, Russia
[Mar 2018 - Nov 2019]

Programmer

  • Developed client-server software which runs on Linux operating system, in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud environment, with Apache HTTP server; which uses MySQL database, PHP programming language, and overall LAMP Stack programmatic technologies
  • Worked with server-side image processing, geospatial data editing, and Web Service Architecture and made geospatial/GIS application development, including ArcGIS / ESRI JS, CartoDB, Mapbox, SmartyStreets, and GoogleMaps API
  • Integrated client-server software with RESTful API, including Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google Charts, and ESRI Maps while followed supplied design files using front-end development, such as HTML/HTML5, CSS2/3, JavaScript and Jquery, Bootstrap. All development was approached with Object-Oriented Programming, MVC and ETL pipelines
  • Worked with large data sets, with using MapReduce framework as well as configured Hadoop applications and scoop jobs to import/export data
  • Audited and then made recommendations for improved platform performance of information systems by developing scripts on Shell/Python. Followed an architecture that requires the creation of software “containers” using Docker/ECR/ECS containerization technologies and the ability to program access to containers using SNS tasks. Data stream with using Kafka and Apache Spark technologies
SPINS Ventures LLC, CA, US
[Jan 2018 - Mar 2018]

Analytics Software Engineer

  • Created solutions that covered the entire lifecycle of information utilization, from ideation through implementation
  • Created user information solutions by developing, implementing, and maintaining Java based components and interfaces
  • Built the tools that aggregate, interpret, and visualize data generated by our software solutions
  • Defined site objectives by analyzing user requirements
  • Envisioned system features and functionality to integrate applications by designing database architecture and server scripting
  • Completed applications development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities
  • Contributed to team meetings, troubleshoot development, and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms. Contributed to all phases of the development lifecycle
  • Contributed to building a better infrastructure through application testing. Explored opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
“DevTaim” LLC, Russia
[Jul 2016 - Dec 2017]

Programmer

  • Developed client-server software which runs on Linux operating system, in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud environment, with Apache HTTP server; which uses MySQL database, PHP programming language, and overall LAMP Stack programmatic technologies
  • Worked with server-side image processing, geospatial data editing, and Web Service Architecture and made geospatial/GIS application development, including ArcGIS / ESRI JS, CartoDB, Mapbox, SmartyStreets, and GoogleMaps API
  • Integrated client-server software with RESTful API, including Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google Charts, and ESRI Maps while followed supplied design files using front-end development, such as HTML/HTML5, CSS2/3, JavaScript and Jquery, Bootstrap. All development was approached with Object-Oriented Programming, MVC and ETL pipelines
  • Worked with large data sets, with using MapReduce framework as well as configured Hadoop applications and scoop jobs to import/export data
  • Audited and then made recommendations for improved platform performance of information systems by developing scripts on Shell/Python. Followed an architecture that requires the creation of software “containers” using Docker/ECR/ECS containerization technologies and the ability to program access to containers using SNS tasks. Data stream with using Kafka and Apache Spark technologies
SPINS Ventures LLC, CA, USA
[Jul 2015 to Jun 2016]

Analytics Software Engineer

  • Created solutions that covered the entire lifecycle of information utilization, from ideation through implementation
  • Created user information solutions by developing, implementing, and maintaining Java based components and interfaces
  • Built the tools that aggregate, interpret, and visualize data generated by our software solutions
  • Defined site objectives by analyzing user requirements
  • Envisioned system features and functionality to integrate applications by designing database architecture and server scripting
  • Completed applications development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities
  • Contributed to team meetings, troubleshoot development, and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms. Contributed to all phases of the development lifecycle
  • Contributed to building a better infrastructure through application testing. Explored opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
“SafeSoft Solutions” Inc., CA, USA
[Mar 2015 - Jul 2015]

Programmer

  • Worked with REST API of company services (PHP, Symfony 2)
  • Improved general security of company services
  • Reviewed all the company web-services in terms of security of web-interface
  • Developed front-end, back-end of the company system (PHP, Javascript, AngularJS, REST API, HTML4/5)
  • Worked with Twig templates engine
  • Developed Mobile Application for supporting company services (Codova/PhoneGap/Ionic, Android/iOS App)
  • Done QA of existing services
  • Improved existed company’s web-services (JQuery, MySQL, CSS)
“Digital Money Corporation”, CA, USA
[Jan 2015 - Mar 2015]

Programmer

  • Created Network Identification System and its website (including Android App)
  • Developed front-end, back-end and database of the Network Identification System (PHP, MySQL, Apache, MVC pattern, CSS3, HTML4/5, JavaScript, jQuery)
  • Created server infrastructure in VMware ESXi environment
Company “658” Ltd., CA, USA
[Mar 2014 to Jan 2015]

Programmer

  • Developed architecture of the web-system for Artists Union (PHP, MySQL, Apache, MVC pattern)
  • Developed front-end, back-end and database of the system (CSS3, HTML4/5, JavaScript, jQuery)
  • Set the web-system in the Amazon Cloud infrastructure (EC2, S3 Storage, RDS, and others)
  • Rebuilt additional services, such as links shortener, mobile HTML5 app development
  • Improved existed company’s web-services
“Aquetong Mills”, MA, USA
[Aug 2013 - Nov 2013]

Programmer

  • Developed the web-site – online shop at bigcommerce.com platform
  • CSS3, HTML4/5, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Twitter API, responsive web-design (Mobile and Desktop design)
  • Migrated products and customers from the old web-system to the new one (with using CSV)
“NiloCom”, Russia
[Apr 2012 - Jul 2013]

Web Software Engineer

  • Developed back-end and front-end of the Geo-location system that interacted with car tracking hardware via internal API
  • During the development process, utilized PHP, MySQL, Apache, MVC pattern, CSS3, HTML 4/5, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, MapReduce framework, Hadoop applications, scalable ETL pipelines, Shell script/Python, Docker containerization technology and Google Maps API
  • Web-system interacted with car tracking hardware via internal API, using RESTful API, including Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google Charts, and ESRI Maps

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