OFOxana Firtych
@oxanafirtych
People-first Senior Engineering Manager building scalable web platforms.
FinlandWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Engineering Manager with 13 years in software engineering and five years leading technical teams, focused on building scalable web platforms and empowering engineers to deliver customer-impacting products. I combine a deep technical background (PhD in Technical Science) with a people-first leadership approach, driving transparent communication, psychological safety, and inclusive remote-first cultures.
I have led distributed teams to deliver platform-wide modernization, shorten roadmaps for cross-channel feature parity, and productize AI-driven capabilities while partnering closely with Product and Design to prioritize customer value. I mentor engineers and emerging leaders, define technical strategy and hiring plans, and champion data-driven decision-making and CI/CD practices to improve reliability and delivery speed.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
SMLead a distributed engineering group of 15+ across multiple product teams delivering social ad automation used by 1,000+ enterprise customers; shortened roadmap to feature parity across ad channels from 3.5 to 1.5 years and drove AI productization initiatives including an AI assistant for anomaly detection.
Managed resource allocation and performance for multiple engineering teams and personally mentored 10 engineers; led front-end architecture and introduced automated testing frameworks to improve reliability and delivery speed for global enterprise clients.
Senior Software Engineer
SkyCELL
Jun 2016 - Nov 2017 (1 year 5 months)
Delivered front-end optimization and automated testing for gaming platforms and contributed to UX improvements and UI consistency across multiple game interfaces.
Software Engineer
BI-Leasing
Jan 2011 - Jun 2016 (5 years 5 months)
Designed and developed front-end and mobile B2B solutions across GIS, geo-marketing, banking, and insurance domains and led algorithm design and performance optimization initiatives.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Voronezh State Technical University
PhD in Technical Science, Technical Science
2011 - 2015
Completed doctoral studies in Technical Science with research and advanced study between 2011 and 2015.
Voronezh State Technical University
Engineer (Bachelor's/Master's equivalent), Engineering
2006 - 2011
Completed undergraduate and integrated/master-equivalent engineering studies from 2006 to 2011.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
FinlandAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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