Nik Shevchenko
About Nik Shevchenko
Nik Shevchenko is a Staff Full Stack Engineer at Infobip in Zagreb, Croatia, with extensive experience in software engineering and project management.
Current Role at Infobip
Nik Shevchenko is currently serving as a Staff Full Stack Engineer at Infobip in Zagreb, Croatia. In this role, he has made significant contributions, such as migrating an outdated core monolith service to a microservices architecture with an API Gateway, which supports over 50 microservices on the Infobip platform. He also launched a GraphQL Data Platform consisting of 10 NodeJS microservices, an API Gateway, a Transport NodeJS Service, and a distributed tracing system. His work has been instrumental in improving the stability and scalability of Infobip's offerings.
Previous Experience
Before his current role, Nik worked as a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Infobip in Zagreb, Croatia from 2020 to 2021. Prior to that, he was a Senior Full Stack Engineer at HumanSignal in San Francisco, California, USA, from 2019 to 2020. Nik also served as a Full Stack Engineer at Dentsu Aegis Network for four years (2015-2019) in the Saint Petersburg Metropolitan Area. These roles collectively have given him broad exposure to various technologies and business environments.
Educational Background
Nik Shevchenko studied at Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics, where he achieved a Master's degree. He was enrolled in the program from 2010 to 2015. His educational foundation has provided him with critical analytical and engineering skills, which he has effectively applied throughout his career.
Technical Contributions
Nik has led several key initiatives throughout his career. He implemented web integrations between Infobip and third-party companies including Salesforce, MS Dynamics, Zendesk, Zapier, and GoodData. He also released a Public Web SDK, which successfully onboarded and engaged over 1,000 customers. Additionally, he designed and implemented a React-driven web ecosystem for SaaS products, achieving a 40% decrease in page load time and increasing Infobip Portal stability to High Availability (HA) 99.999%.
Leadership and Collaboration
In his leadership roles, Nik has demonstrated exceptional skills in team coordination and project management. He led a platform team of 8 engineers and collaborated with 15 product teams to develop a portal processing over $1B worth of transactions. He was also responsible for creating a realistic roadmap with product managers for more predictable deliverables. Furthermore, Nik coordinated bi-weekly engineering workshops for 40 engineers to promote cross-team collaboration and standardize best practices.