Vlad Timchenko

.NET Engineer · PrivatBankJun 2025 - Present

Highlights:

Backend engineer working on enterprise grade banking systems.

• - Develop and maintain cloud native .NET services for high load financial platforms
• - Design resilient background processing pipelines and integration services
• - Build and optimize time series data pipelines using TimescaleDB
• - Implement event driven processing with Kafka and RabbitMQ
• - Improve observability, logging, and incident response workflows using Grafana and Prometheus
• - Participate in architecture reviews and system modernization initiatives
• - Collaborate with distributed cross functional teams

Lead .NET Engineer · Manul Technologies LLPMay 2023 - Jun 2025

Highlights:

Led backend architecture and infrastructure for an industrial IoT and SCADA platform in the oil and gas industry, delivering telemetry ingestion, monitoring, real-time alerting, reporting, and device management services across cloud and edge environments for a multi-tenant system.

• - Designed and built .NET microservices and background jobs from scratch, including a configurable reporting and alerting system with localized daily reports and real-time device notifications
• - Owned Kubernetes infrastructure on GKE with per-namespace isolation, TLS, Ingress, and PVCs, supporting hybrid deployments using GKE Autopilot for SaaS and GKE Fleet for on-premise clients
• - Automated CI/CD pipelines and API documentation delivery to the ReadMe platform using GitHub Actions and Cloud Build
• - Optimized time-series workloads in TimescaleDB using hypertables, continuous aggregates, and retention policies for high-frequency telemetry ingestion
• - Integrated product and usage analytics via Twilio Segment and Mixpanel to track device and user behavior across environments
• - Implemented runtime localization with Tolgee and multi-tenant access control using self-hosted Keycloak with OpenID Connect and fine-grained RBAC
• - Integrated industrial protocols including Modbus, LoRaWAN, OPC UA, and Weatherford 8500 and built event-driven pipelines to Node-RED for persistence, alerting, and post-processing
• - Led backend engineering efforts, mentoring developers and coordinating architecture and delivery decisions

Software Engineer · SRG+Feb 2024 - Jan 2025

Highlights:

Designed, built, and operated the backend for a digital asset management and media streaming startup, owning backend delivery, infrastructure, and production reliability in a small product team. The platform covered the full media lifecycle from upload and processing to delivery and playback and was integrated with programmable digital business cards as physical touchpoints.

• - Developed .NET microservices on Google Cloud Run with asynchronous communication using Google Pub/Sub and deferred execution via Cloud Tasks
• - Implemented secure HLS media streaming using Bunny Stream with token-based IP validation and integrations with CloudConvert, Vimeo, and Wistia
• - Built scalable file storage and post-upload processing pipelines using Cloudflare R2 and Cloudflare Workers
• - Implemented authentication, messaging, and notification systems using Auth0 with OTP via Twilio and SendGrid email delivery
• - Automated content workflows and product analytics using Zapier, Airtable, Twilio Segment, and Mixpanel
• - Developed backend services for dynamic links, QR codes, and programmable digital business cards enabling content sharing through physical cards
• - Integrated Apple App Clips using the App Store Connect API to provide instant access to shared content without full app installation
• - Owned backend infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and production reliability in a fast-moving startup environment

.NET Developer · 3D InfotechAug 2022 - Mar 2023

Highlights:

Worked on desktop automation software for a robotic system, contributing to modernization of the tech stack, architectural improvements, and test automation.

• - Migrated core parts of a legacy WinForms application to WPF to improve maintainability and align with modern UI practices
• - Refactored the system to a client server architecture, enabling remote license validation and reducing reliance on client-side checks
• - Applied the MVVM pattern to improve separation of concerns and simplify long-term UI maintenance
• - Built end-to-end UI automation tests using Ranorex Studio, significantly reducing manual regression effort
• - Supported QA workflows by maintaining structured and reusable test cases in TestRail
• - Contributed to architectural and codebase modernization of a legacy desktop platform

Freelance Software Developer · UpworkSep 2021 - Aug 2022

Highlights:

Delivered end-to-end backend and desktop solutions for international clients through freelance projects on Upwork, later transitioning into a long-term contract role at a product company.

• - Designed and built RESTful APIs and background workers using ASP.NET Core
• - Developed desktop applications using WPF, WinForms, and Avalonia for internal tools and client-facing utilities
• - Built automation scripts and small productivity tools in Python
• - Integrated custom backend services with existing client systems and workflows
• - Provided long-term technical support and iterative improvements for recurring clients