Harut Ginosyan

One of the first backend engineers on a PvP game using physical arcade machines, contributing to initial API and machine-server architecture. Owned machine communication, matchmaking, and bot behavior, and designed coordination between backend instances using Redis/Valkey and NATS/JetStream.

Resolved blocker and critical production issues affecting customers and revenue, tracing problems across frontend and legacy Perl systems. Contributed to a backend service for partner data ingestion and refresh, and participated in React migration and refactoring while mentoring junior engineers.

Owned backend development for a financial management platform for small businesses, covering core business logic, third-party integrations, and production setup. Built data import and processing flows for uploaded files, handling parsing, transformation, and persistence into PostgreSQL.

Worked on the Growth team and web editor for a product with 150M+ monthly active users. Built and maintained reusable UI components as a shared npm package, and contributed to backend and integration work around the web editor.

Built the core of the Sceyt messaging SDK in TypeScript, including client structure and WebSocket communication. Built a cloud media-processing pipeline for a social audio/video product and real-time audio/video functionality for an online classroom product.

Refactored parts of the desktop messenger and fixed performance problems, including UI freezes during heavy messaging activity. Owned much of the WebRTC calling work, adding video call functionality, and integrated native C++ components through Node.js bindings and WebAssembly.

Grade: Graduated with honors

Graduated with honors in Applied Informatics from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Yerevan Branch.