Maxim Nikitin
@maximnikitin
Data Platform Engineer building Terraform infrastructure and reliable Kafka pipelines at Nova Data.
ArgentinaWhat I'm looking for
At Nova Data, I built and ran a containerized retail data platform, moving data from a NoSQL source through Kafka to ClickHouse, with PII encryption before loading.
I also set up Grafana dashboards and Telegram alerts for data quality failures, and built a PySpark data mart with 30 behavioral features for export to MinIO.
On City Pulse NYC, I'm developing a real-time mobility data platform. I wrote reusable Terraform modules for BigQuery datasets and built a GitHub Actions pipeline with tests, secret scanning, and infrastructure validation as merge gates.
Before engineering, I worked as a Product Designer and Project Manager across SaaS, mobile, e-commerce, and startup projects. That experience shapes my interest in internal developer platforms and tooling that reduces cognitive load for developers.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Product, UX/UI Designer, Coordinator
Galleria Arben
Jan 2011 - Jan 2026 (15 years)
Worked daily with engineering teams in sprint planning and standups, wrote clear specs and documentation for handoff, and owned solutions end to end from requirements to release.
Senior Product, UX/UI Designer, Coordinator
Tehnofabrica/Ekomobile
Jan 2011 - Jan 2026 (15 years)
Worked daily with engineering teams in sprint planning and standups, wrote clear specs and documentation for handoff, and owned solutions end to end from requirements to release.
Senior Product, UX/UI Designer, Coordinator
Redis Agency
Jan 2011 - Jan 2026 (15 years)
Worked daily with engineering teams in sprint planning and standups, wrote clear specs and documentation for handoff, and owned solutions end to end from requirements to release.
Senior Product, UX/UI Designer, Coordinator
Uprock Agency
Jan 2011 - Jan 2026 (15 years)
Worked daily with engineering teams in sprint planning and standups, wrote clear specs and documentation for handoff, and owned solutions end to end from requirements to release.
Senior Product, UX/UI Designer, Coordinator
IESA
Jan 2011 - Jan 2026 (15 years)
Worked daily with engineering teams in sprint planning and standups, wrote clear specs and documentation for handoff, and owned solutions end to end from requirements to release.
Senior Product, UX/UI Designer, Coordinator
US-based startups
Jan 2011 - Jan 2026 (15 years)
Worked daily with engineering teams in sprint planning and standups, wrote clear specs and documentation for handoff, and owned solutions end to end from requirements to release.
Data Platform Engineer (Practicum)
Nova Data
Jun 2025 - Dec 2025 (6 months)
Built and ran a containerized retail data platform with NoSQL source to Kafka to ClickHouse, including PII encryption. Set up monitoring and alerting with Grafana and Telegram, and built a PySpark data mart with 30 behavioral features.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Data Engineering Intensive Program
Intensive Program, Data Engineering
2025 - 2026
Intensive program covering Linux, Git, Docker, Kafka, Airflow, Spark, Hadoop, ClickHouse, and production-grade pipelines with monitoring.
Python for Data Engineering
Course, Data Engineering
2024 - 2025
Course covering OOP, async programming, testing, and SQLAlchemy.
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Specialist Degree, Applied Informatics in Economics
Specialist Degree in Applied Informatics in Economics, a five-year program equivalent to a Master's level, covering information systems architecture and requirements engineering.
Availability
Location
ArgentinaAuthorized to work in
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