Mykola B.
About Mykola B.
Mykola B. is a Senior Backend Developer currently employed at Motorway in London, England, where he has worked since 2020. He has extensive experience in software development, having held various roles including Team Lead and Senior Full Stack Developer at several companies in Ukraine.
Current Role at Motorway
Mykola B. serves as a Senior Backend Developer at Motorway, a position he has held since 2020 in London, England. In this role, he has implemented a new release protocol for critical services, enhancing the operational efficiency of the development team. Mykola collaborates closely with the Production support team to deliver a reliable observability and monitoring platform, utilizing AWS CloudWatch and Datadog. He also works with the DevOps team to establish robust CI/CD pipelines, employing tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, Docker, AWS ECS, and Fargate.
Previous Experience
Prior to his current role, Mykola B. accumulated extensive experience in various positions. He worked at ROBUSTWEALTH, INC. as a Senior Full Stack Developer from 2018 to 2020. Before that, he was a Team Lead at IntroPro from 2015 to 2018. His earlier roles include Team Lead at VARTEQ Inc. from 2014 to 2015, and Core Team Developer at Adobe Commerce from 2010 to 2011. He also founded and served as CTO at Avto Bezpeka from 2009 to 2015, where he gained significant leadership experience.
Education and Academic Background
Mykola B. holds a Master's degree from KNU. He also studied Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where he earned a Master of Science (MS) degree from 2000 to 2006. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his technical expertise in software development and engineering.
Technical Contributions and Achievements
Throughout his career, Mykola B. has made significant technical contributions. At Motorway, he played a key role in identifying and refactoring database queries and third-party integrations, achieving performance improvements of up to 20 times. He led efforts to optimize compute and persistent instances on AWS Fargate and RDS PostgreSQL, resulting in a 30% cost saving. Additionally, he has conducted technical interviews and reviewed candidates' technical tasks as part of the recruitment process, contributing to team growth.