mshykhov

Backend Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience, specializing in Kotlin and Java with Spring ecosystem. Worked in teams ranging from 3 to 12 people, both in product and outstaff setups. Skilled in building backend services, BFF layers, API integrations, and automating business processes. Experienced across cloud marketplaces, restaurant booking platforms, invoicing & payments, and data extraction. Took on backend team lead responsibilities including sprint demos, task coordination, and cross-team communication.

What I bring:
- Fast learner who takes initiative and full ownership of results
- Build solutions with clarity, structure, and scalability in mind, always paying close attention to detail
- Strong cross-team collaborator — comfortable working with mobile, QA, product, and platform teams
- Passionate about clean architecture, performance optimization, and automating manual processes

Tech Skills:
Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring Security, Axon Framework, Kotlin Coroutines, Project Reactor, REST, gRPC, OpenAPI, Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Redis, Hibernate, Liquibase, MongoDB, Auth0, OpenFGA, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, OpenSearch, Honeycomb, Grafana, PactFlow, JUnit, Mockito, MockK, Kotest, TestContainers, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Confluence.

Team Leading:
Took on backend team lead responsibilities — coordinating task distribution, conducting sprint demos to stakeholders, and acting as the primary backend contact for cross-team requests.