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Nikita Yakovlev

@nikitayakovlev

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Go Backend Developer with a passion for building web services.

Kazakhstan

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that offers opportunities for growth, collaboration, and innovative projects in backend development.

I am a Go Backend Developer with hands-on experience in backend development, adept at working in teams of various sizes, both remotely and in-office. I am familiar with the full development lifecycle, from understanding product requirements to implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated testing. My confidence in Go, coupled with my experience in building web services and a background in ASP.NET, allows me to deliver effective solutions consistently.

Throughout my career, I have achieved significant milestones, such as reducing the average response time for customer-reported bugs to under 8 hours and increasing the number of unit tests, which led to a substantial decrease in customer-reported issues. I am continuously learning and keeping up with updates in the Go ecosystem, motivated to take on more complex tasks and responsibilities as I grow in my career.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

On-Call Engineer

Wellflow

Dec 2023 - Present (1 year 8 months)

As an on-call engineer, I reduced the average response time for all customer-reported bugs to under 8 hours. I also increased the number of unit tests from 1,238 to 2,634, significantly reducing customer-reported bugs and improving the percentage of users experiencing a failure-free experience from 81.2% to 91.6%.

Go)JavaScript C#Redis PostgreSQL S3 CI CD Kubernetes

Backend Developer

Easy Development

Jan 2021 - Present (4 years 7 months)

I improved data processing speed for client-transmitted data from 3.2s to 1.8s. I initiated and contributed to the transition from a monolithic to a microservices architecture, implementing key services to enhance system extensibility. I also implemented CI/CD in GitLab, reducing build and deployment time for test projects from 1 hour to under 10 minutes.

Go)Kubernetes MySQL Redis Docker AWS C#Clickhouse

Software Engineer

EPAM

Aug 2018 - Present (7 years)

I worked in the payments department, reducing the failed payments rate from 13% to 7%, significantly increasing company profits. I implemented customer preferences functionality, boosting order conversion from 31.6% to 53.4%. I also enhanced debugging capabilities, reducing problem localization time from ~4 hours to ~1 hour.

ASP.NET Go)Kubernetes MySQL Kafka Microservices Architecture

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg

Master, Development and maintenance of a high-quality software product

2018 - 2020

Focused on the development and maintenance of high-quality software products. Acquired advanced skills in software engineering and product lifecycle management.