Kirilo Vasiliskovs
@kirilovasiliskovs
Senior backend developer and team lead specializing in PHP, microservices, and payment integrations.
What I'm looking for
I am a Senior Backend Developer and Team Lead with a strong STEM background and deep fintech experience, focused on PHP development across monolith and microservice architectures. I design and consume RESTful APIs, lead engineering teams, perform code reviews, and maintain project standards while driving performance, observability, and reliability improvements.
My career highlights include re-engineering cross-service communication, refactoring services to Symfony native solutions, introducing business metrics and alerting, extracting functionality into microservices, and delivering multiple payment gateway integrations. I mentor engineers, introduce static checks and profiling, and consult on IT solutions and integrations to align technical work with business goals.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Team Lead
SIA Ecofinance Latvia
Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 4 months)
Re-engineered cross-service communication protocols and refactored services to Symfony native solutions, improving financial data integrity and observability by introducing business metrics collection and alerting; mentored and coordinated the engineering team.
Senior Backend Developer
BTCBIT Sp.z o.o.
Jul 2021 - Sep 2024 (3 years 2 months)
Led backend efforts including extracting microservices, designing a RESTful API structure, integrating multiple payment providers, introducing static checks, and performing profiling to improve performance while mentoring the team (promoted to Tech Lead in June 2023).
ICT Systems Maintainer
Ventspils University of Applied Sciences
Aug 2020 - Jun 2021 (10 months)
Maintained and improved university internal web resources, provided IT system support to users, and introduced third-party open-source solutions to enhance user experience.
IT Director
SIA V Lab
Dec 2017 - Present (8 years 2 months)
Provided client-focused IT consulting and development, created custom integrations and improvements, and delivered introductory web programming courses and lectures as a subcontractor.
Software Developer
Zipier Payroll
Mar 2015 - Jan 2018 (2 years 10 months)
Developed internal billing and payroll systems, integrated Braintree and multiple accounting/CRM platforms, implemented PDF tax form generation and electronic signature, and built onboarding flows to streamline user setup.
ICT Business Development Manager
UA Hosting
Sep 2013 - Mar 2015 (1 year 6 months)
Led international expansion initiatives, introduced and customized WHMCS billing with addon modules, supervised migration and website backend development using CodeIgniter, and mentored the support team.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Ventspils University of Applied Sciences
Master of Science, Computer Science
2019 - 2021
Completed coursework toward a Master's in Computer Science at Ventspils University of Applied Sciences from 2019 to 2021.
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Master of Science, Astronomy
2003 - 2008
Completed a Master’s degree in Astronomy at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv from 2003 to 2008.
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