Ilyas Sarsenbaev

Developed a microservices core banking platform and web/mobile services, implemented Temporal workflows for order evaluation and KYC with SAGA compensations, and built observability and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high availability and test automation.

Led development of cross-border transactions and migration from monolith to microservices, improved CI/CD with integration tests and Docker, and instrumented observability stack using OpenTelemetry and Grafana dashboards.

Developed a Text-To-Speech microservice and maintained ~50 microservices, migrated to API-first OpenAPI specs, added CI/CD pipelines, and introduced DevOps practices and 24/7 on-call monitoring with Grafana.

Improved application performance ~75% via NoSQL caching, optimized Sphinx search indexing, integrated local payments reducing order time ~40%, and delivered core features ahead of schedule.

Delivered business features under tight deadlines and coordinated with stakeholders on feature planning to support a local Wix-like platform.

Activities and societies: Mentored 7+ mentees; participated in Open Data Challenge Hackathon; contributed to mjc.school mentoring laboratory.

Bachelor of Software Engineering in Computer Science focusing on software development principles and engineering practices.