evlasova

Senior Backend Engineer

Backend engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable, high-load systems in Java (Spring Boot, microservices, distributed systems, REST APIs, relational and NoSQL databases). Strong background in payment systems, transaction processing, and system reliability - skills that translate directly to fintech and crypto infrastructure. 

Currently expanding into blockchain development, learning Web3j, smart contract integration, and blockchain node infrastructure (Ethereum, Bitcoin). Looking for a backend or blockchain infrastructure role where I can apply my Java expertise while growing into Web3. 

Living in Berlin, Germany (EU work eligible). Interested in exchanges, DeFi infrastructure, wallets, and payment protocols


Experience: 8 years

Yearly salary: $84,000

Hourly rate: $65

Nationality: 🌏 Remote

Residency: 🇩🇪 Germany


Experience

Senior Backend Engineer
Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions HU
2025 - 2026
Owned the design and development of scalable microservices for a high-load billing platform (Java 17/21, Spring Boot) - from architecture decisions to production operation. Contributed to SOC 2 compliance remediation, resolving audit findings related to logging practices and session handling to strengthen data security controls. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins) ensuring smooth delivery and zero-downtime deployments. Collaborated closely with cross-functional DevOps, QA, and product teams to deliver reliable, high-throughput billing services.
Backend engineer
Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions HU
2023 - 2025
Developed and maintained reactive microservices to support billing and payment logic in a high-load enterprise environment. Improved invoice processing performance by 30% by refactoring synchronous operations into an event-driven, reactive architecture using asynchronous service calls. Ensured high reliability and code quality with 85%+ test coverage (unit and integration tests) and implemented performance and end-to-end testing strategies. Configured and maintained Prometheus/Grafana dashboards for monitoring billing microservices in production, enabling proactive detection of integration latency and throughput issues.
Backend engineer, DevOps engineer
Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions HU
2020 - 2023
Developed and maintained backend features for customer center and customer shop, improving product discovery and account management experience for millions of e-commerce users. Established robust CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, increasing release consistency. Designed and documented RESTful APIs using Swagger/OpenAPI to ensure ease of integration across teams. Managed Kubernetes deployments using Helm charts, standardizing configuration and release management across microservices. Migrated legacy monolithic backend to domain-driven Spring Boot microservices, improving deployment speed and fault isolation across the platform.
Backend engineer
Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions HU
2017 - 2020
Developed and maintained backend features for customer product catalog with Java 7/8 and ATG (Oracle Commerce). Integrated external and internal systems using SOAP-based web services. Collaborated in transitioning core backend logic to Spring Framework, preparing for microservice adoption.

Skills

ai
devops
flutter
java
english
german
russian