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ice head

@icehead

Senior Java backend engineer specializing in distributed microservices, platform architecture, and production reliability.

Russian Federation

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to drive platform-level microservices architecture with strong ownership—especially migrations, observability (OpenTelemetry), and reliability improvements—while collaborating in international, client-facing teams and mentoring engineers to raise engineering standards.

I’m a Senior Java Backend Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and evolving distributed microservice platforms in enterprise and cross-team environments. I bring strong ownership to platform-level architecture, especially when reliability and speed both matter.

In my current role, I led a platform-wide migration of 50+ microservices across Java and Spring Boot versions with zero critical downtime. I also owned an observability transformation initiative using OpenTelemetry, improving system traceability and production debugging efficiency, while serving as a technical reference point during migrations and production incidents.

Previously at Grid Dynamics, I delivered production-grade backend services for Western European and US fintech clients in distributed microservice architecture. I contributed to architecture discussions and feature planning, improved system stability by resolving backend defects, and mentored junior engineers.

Earlier, I owned production-ready microservices and drove major refactoring, increasing test coverage to 80%+ to meet quality criteria. I also led IT systems delivery across multiple countries, owning technical operations for deployment processes, system reliability, and enterprise application support.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Core/Staff Java Software Engineer

Current

MTS Group

Jun 2023 - Present (3 years)

Led platform-wide migration of 50+ microservices across Java and Spring Boot versions with zero critical downtime. Designed shared internal libraries and owned an OpenTelemetry observability transformation to improve traceability and production debugging efficiency while supporting incident response and reliability improvements.

Java Spring Boot Microservices OpenTelemetry Observability Kubernetes OpenShift Kafka Postgres Incident Response Shared Libraries

Core Java Software Engineer

Grid Dynamics

Mar 2022 - May 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Delivered production-grade backend services for Western European and US fintech clients using distributed microservice architectures. Served as a client-facing technical engineer in architecture discussions and feature planning, improved system stability, and mentored junior engineers.

Java Spring Boot Microservices Distributed Systems System Reliability Kafka Mentoring

Java Software Engineer

Amdocs

Mar 2021 - Mar 2022 (1 year)

Owned two production-ready microservices within a cross-functional team and applied major refactoring to an existing product. Participated in technical interviews and contributed to team hiring and engineering practices.

Java Spring Boot Microservices Refactoring Technical Interviewing Cross Functional Collaboration Backend Engineering

Java Software Engineer

RSHB

Jun 2020 - Mar 2021 (9 months)

Became a core contributor (>50%) to a new software project. Increased test coverage in an existing project to 80%+ to meet quality criteria and helped onboard newcomers.

Java Spring Boot Microservices Test Automation Quality Assurance New Product Development Onboarding

IT Infrastructure Team Lead

Lasselsberger Group

Sep 2012 - May 2020 (7 years 8 months)

Led enterprise IT systems delivery across multiple countries, coordinating engineering initiatives and infrastructure modernization. Implemented identity management, document workflows, and service management platforms, and owned deployment reliability, enterprise application support, and operations for a small engineering team.