samshend

Senior Software Engineer

I am a Senior Software Engineer with a Master's degree in computer technologies and a Bachelor's degree in Economics. I specialize and find the most joy in creating scalable and robust architectures and software designs with reusable and efficient code. My main expertise over the years lies in the commerce and financial sectors, but I always try to push my boundaries and in my spare time learn and continue to be curious about other sectors. I am passionate about the continuous learning, collaboration with others to deliver high-quality software and make the business thrive, but always keeping the team spirits and health high by never forgetting about ops improvements.


Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $150,000

Hourly rate: $70

Nationality: 🇩🇪 Germany

Residency: 🇩🇪 Germany


Experience

Software Development Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2017 - 2025
I have been working across several departments on building the AWS Billing system, enabling AWS services like EC2, Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB, among others, to sell their products to AWS customers. I have tackled some of the hardest engineering problems in distributed systems at a massive scale, including designing customized data stores, creating event-based architectures to handle AWS scale, and redesigning old systems to support horizontal scaling and sustain AWS growth. I have worked on and led numerous projects, including but not limited to SQL to NoSQL System Migration, New NoSQL Datastore Development, Data Replication Architecture, Cross-Department Projects, and Innovation and Process Improvement.
Java Software Engineer
Number26 GmbH (Europe online Banking)
2016 - 2017
Contributed to the creation of the bank's savings feature as one of two backend developers. Finalized AWS architecture design. Implemented significant portions of the codebase using Java and Kotlin. Defined API documentation using Swagger which helped increase the development speed between backend and frontend. Participated in initial discussions and design phases for a significant insurance feature.
Java Software Engineer
Commercetools GmbH (REWE Group)
2015 - 2016
Contributed to an event-based architecture that connected Commercetools with the backend systems of one the largest grocery stores in Germany (Rewe) and its datastore services. Enabled real-time data synchronization and stock information updates.
Full Stack Web Developer
Planeta.ru - Russian biggest crowdfunding platform
2012 - 2015
Worked on the largest Russian crowdfunding platform, contributing to java and sql based backend as junior and later on mid developer, as well as javascript one pager frontend application. Was one of the contributors to the payment system of the website, developing the integration with third parties software as well as developing the comprehensive system to store, verify and work with clients payment information. On the latest stages, was one of the main contributors to the design and development the online shop on the platform.

Skills

amazon
aws
kotlin
java
english
german
russian