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Igor Ovchinnikov

@igorovchinnikov

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Senior AdTech software leader specializing in backend systems and team delivery.

Cyprus

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a senior technical role in AdTech or backend infrastructure where I can lead small teams, make architectural decisions, optimize costs, and mentor engineers.

I am a senior software developer and technical leader with over twenty years building high-throughput AdTech platforms and managing engineering teams. I have deep backend experience in Go, Python, Lua and Perl, strong DB skills (MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Linux sysadmin knowledge and a Red Hat Certified System Administrator certification.

I have led teams of about five engineers across DSP, SSP and DMP projects, reduced hardware costs through technical optimizations, driven architectural decisions, performed code and performance reviews, and onboarded newcomers. I deliver reliable, scalable systems and mentor engineers while balancing hands-on development with people management.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Staff SDE Lead

Current

Criteo

Aug 2022 - Present (3 years 4 months)

Lead a team of five developers across multiple AdTech projects, conducting code and performance reviews and onboarding newcomers to improve team delivery.

Go Python System Design Code Review Performance Tuning Team Leadership AdTech

Portfolio Technical Lead

Iponweb

Apr 2022 - Aug 2022 (4 months)

Managed hardware costs for multiple AdTech projects and achieved a 10–20% reduction in infrastructure expenses.

Cost Optimization Infrastructure Management AdTech Monitoring Capacity Planning Team Collaboration

Technical Team Lead

Iponweb

Jun 2018 - Apr 2022 (3 years 10 months)

Led a team of five developers across four AdTech projects, drove architectural decisions, code and performance reviews, and onboarding for DSP/SSP development.

Leadership Architecture DSPs SSP Go Python Code Review Onboarding

Software Developer

Iponweb

May 2012 - Jun 2018 (6 years 1 month)

Developed AdTech platforms including SSP, DSP and DMP components and contributed to backend systems and integrations.

AdTech DSPs SSP DMP Integration Go Python PostgreSQL MongoDB System Integration

Web Developer

Dec 2008 - May 2012 (3 years 5 months)

Developed and migrated the broadcasting company's public site serving ~100k daily uniques and >100 TB/month traffic, including CDN and clustering work.

Web Development Apache Nginx CDN PHP MySQL Clustering

Team Lead

Agava

Nov 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year)

Led a five-developer team on the Joblist project, migrated the platform to a cluster and integrated external search services to support a 1.5M user audience.

Team Leadership PHP MySQL Clustering Project Delivery