Alex Chirkov
@alexchirkov
Python software architect building reliable distributed backend systems and cloud-ready data platforms with AI tooling.
KyrgyzstanWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Python software architect and backend engineer with 5+ years designing, building, and operating production applications. I architect distributed, event-driven systems with concurrent/asynchronous processing, fault-tolerant workers, and PostgreSQL schema and query optimization, and I own reliability through structured logging, distributed tracing, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
Across client systems on AWS and GCP, I’ve delivered terabyte-scale ingestion-to-reporting pipelines, improved performance and scalability under load, and reduced CI/deployment pain with automated unit/integration testing and CI/CD. I also apply agentic tooling—Claude API and Model Context Protocol (MCP)—to streamline engineering workflows, accelerating high-quality releases.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Agentic Workflow Platform
Personal Project
Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 6 months)
Architected a backend platform for LLM agents running multi-step workflows with tool use and context persistence using Claude API and MCP servers. Built an event-driven FastAPI/AWS backend with idempotent workers, retries, dead-letter queues, and Terraform-based reproducible deployments.
Senior Backend & Cloud Engineer
Vention
Jan 2021 - Present (5 years 6 months)
Delivered backend systems and data platforms for US-based startups, owning architecture, API design, testing, deployment, and production support across concurrent client engagements. Architected Django REST Framework and data pipelines on AWS for multi-tenant, terabyte-scale ingestion-to-reporting workflows, improving performance and production reliability through observability and incident respon
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
ITMO University
Master’s Degree, Web Technologies
2021 - 2023
Master’s Degree in Web Technologies at ITMO University from 2021 to 2023.
KSTU named after I. Razzakov
Bachelor’s Degree, Applied Mathematics & Computer Science
2017 - 2021
Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics & Computer Science at KSTU named after I. Razzakov from 2017 to 2021.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
KyrgyzstanAuthorized to work in
Portfolio
github.com/AlekseiChirkovJob categories
Skills
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