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Aleksandr Babenko

@foxcool

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Backend engineer (Go) specializing in distributed systems and legacy modernization.

Thailand

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What I'm looking for

I seek remote engineering roles where I can stabilize production systems, modernize architecture, lead small teams, and implement robust CI/CD and observability practices.

Backend engineer with 7+ years in Go, focused on distributed systems and legacy modernization. Experienced in joining complex projects mid-flight — stabilizing production, establishing development processes, and incrementally improving architecture. Background in team leadership (up to 5 engineers) and cross-domain work including digital pathology and nephrology platforms. Remote from Thailand.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead Software Engineer

Unim

Jun 2020 - Dec 2023 (3 years 6 months)

Stabilized and modernized a legacy digital pathology platform during a critical transition, refactoring subsystems and introducing microservices, CI/CD, and code generation to maintain continuous lab operations.

Go Microservices Gitlab CI OpenAPI CI CD Docker Kubernetes Oapi Codegen

Lead Software Engineer

Spora (Nefrosovet)

Feb 2018 - Jun 2020 (2 years 4 months)

Led a team of up to 5 engineers to design and build a nephrology platform, implementing messaging systems, JWT/LDAP/OAuth auth services, a dynamic API gateway, and containerized microservices to accelerate delivery.

Go Kubernetes Docker MongoDB CockroachDB JWT CI CD MQTT

Software Engineer

One Million Likes

Jul 2016 - Feb 2018 (1 year 7 months)

Developed and maintained Go microservices for remote contract projects, focusing on reliability and messaging integrations using NSQ and containerization.

Go NSQ Docker PostgreSQL Redis Microservices

Software Engineer

Reg.ru

Feb 2016 - May 2017 (1 year 3 months)

Maintained and extended legacy registrar systems (Perl/Catalyst), authored technical specifications, and developed new services including a Go-based link shortener to improve internal tooling.

Perl MySQL Catalyst Go Technical Writing

Software Developer

Setup.ru

May 2012 - Feb 2017 (4 years 9 months)

Maintained a website builder platform and Mojolicious services, integrated third-party payments and OAuth, implemented email newsletters, and improved deployment processes for high-load static delivery.

Perl Go MySQL Aerospike Cassandra OAuth Git Flow