merkuluf
Fullstack Team Lead
Hi! I'm Maksim, a full-stack engineer with 5+ years of experience building high-load systems, Telegram Mini Apps, and scalable backend services. I work hands-on across Python/TypeScript stacks and enjoy owning architecture, delivery, and team processes. I'm looking for a fully remote role where I can bring strong engineering execution and real product impact.
Experience: 5 years
Yearly salary: $50,000
Hourly rate: $25
Nationality: 🌏 Remote
Residency: 🌏 Remote
Experience
Fullstack Team Lead
Herbarium Games 2023 - 2025
Led a full-stack team of six engineers building a high-load Telegram Mini App serving ~30k DAU. Owned task decomposition, sprint planning, and delivery control to ensure predictable deadlines and consistently high code quality. Conducted in-depth merge request reviews, maintained architectural integrity, and enforced development best practices across the team. Actively contributed to both backend and frontend, delivering critical features hands-on. Oversaw deployment pipelines with Docker, Swarm, and GitLab CI/CD, guaranteeing stable and repeatable releases.
Fullstack Developer
Coffee-Var 2022 - 2023
Designed and implemented the CRM backend, integrating it with the Vendista order system. Created a reusable UI component library and implemented product interface from scratch. Built a robust delivery pipeline improving deployment reliability and development speed. Contributed 100% of backend and frontend code, completely solo project.
Fullstack Developer
ACloud LLC 2020 - 2022
Invented and developed a microservice that allowed the dynamic creation of cryptocurrency wallets. Migrated infrastructure from Heroku to AWS (EC2 + S3 + RDS), reducing monthly costs by $2,000+. Reduced the number of checkout steps, increasing conversion and sales by 20%. Invented and created a Telegram bot for users who don't use the API. Mentored intern developers, managed their workload, and performed code reviews.
Skills
docker
grafana
rabbitmq
react
redis
typescript
python
english
russian