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VLADISLAV
BOLOTOV

Software engineer & engineering leader. Building robust web & mobile products for digital businesses. Available for development contracts and architecture engagements.

@straifik View services ↓
7+
years in industry
BigTech
product companies
Full
stack coverage
IE
legal entity
web@bolotov.tech:~
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What I do

Services

I work as an independent contractor. Below is the core scope of engagement — from hands-on coding to engineering leadership.

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01
Web Development
Full-cycle backend and frontend development. From API design and database modelling to production-ready deployments on Kubernetes. I build scalable services that handle real load.
Ruby on Rails React PostgreSQL Redis Kafka
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02
Platform & Backend
Distributed systems, microservice architecture, high-load APIs. Integration platforms, event-driven pipelines, multi-tenant systems — built for scale and reliability.
Microservices Kubernetes Docker REST API
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03
Architecture & Engineering Leadership
Advisory at Head of Engineering level. Architecture reviews, system design, ADR/RFC processes, incident management, team topology design, hiring frameworks and engineering culture.
System Design ADR / RFC Incident Mgmt Org Design
Technologies

Tech Stack

The tools I use to build production systems. Chosen for reliability, scalability, and years of battle-testing in high-load environments.

💎
Ruby on Rails
backend
🐘
PostgreSQL
database
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Redis
cache / queue
🔀
Kafka
messaging
☸️
Kubernetes
orchestration
🐳
Docker
containers
⚛️
React
frontend
🤖
AI Agents
ai / llm
📊
Grafana
observability
Background

Built for scale

Over 7 years designing and shipping products inside BigTech product companies. I've worked across the full engineering lifecycle — from founding a feature end-to-end to scaling infrastructure for millions of users.

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High-load systems
Production experience with distributed architectures handling millions of daily requests.
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Full ownership
From technical design to deploy, monitoring and post-mortem. Code with production mindset.
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Team & process experience
Led engineering teams, built development processes, introduced code review culture and architectural standards.
7+ yrs
Engineering experience across product companies in e-commerce, fintech, marketplace and SaaS domains.
E-commerce Fintech Marketplace SaaS
Code that ships
Focus on pragmatic engineering: clean architecture, maintainable code, reasonable tradeoffs. No over-engineering — just systems that work at scale.
How I work

Engineering philosophy

01 //
Async-first
Clear documentation and structured communication over endless meetings. Time zones are not a blocker.
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Pragmatic quality
Tests, code review and CI/CD are non-negotiable. Complexity is added only when it earns its place.
03 //
Business context first
Technical decisions are made with product outcomes in mind. Engineering serves the product, not the other way around.
04 //
Iterative delivery
Ship something working early, then improve. Long waterfall cycles are waste. Feedback loops trump speculation.
Get in touch
Let's build something
worth shipping.

Looking for a reliable contractor for web development, an architecture review, or help scaling your engineering team? Let's talk.

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