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I'm Vladislav Simutin

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About Me

Platform & Backend Engineer with 6+ years across fintech and e-commerce. Build and operate distributed systems in Go on GCP โ€” microservices, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability pipelines. Worked on high-load systems with AI pipelines in production. Information security background โ€” education, production SecDevOps, security audit and hands-on offensive security.

Platform & Infrastructure

GCP Kubernetes Terraform Docker Kafka NGINX Linux

Backend

Go Python PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Elasticsearch gRPC

Observability & CI/CD

Prometheus Grafana k6 GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD

AI / LLM Infra

RAG pipelines AI agents vLLM Qdrant MCP Servers GenKit

Security

SecDevOps Vulnerability assessment Access controls Offensive security

Frontend

TypeScript Vue.js 3 Vite Feature-Sliced Design

Projects

01

Bidbase

B2B SaaS tender automation platform. Hybrid item matching via sentence transformers + RapidFuzz. Automates parsing of tender specs from Excel/CSV into ERPNext. Built on Frappe framework.

GoPythonFrappeERPNextML
02

PocketPrice

Service catalog sync platform for freelancers across multiple marketplaces. Go (Pocketbase) โ€” API, sync logic, platform integrations. Vue 3 + Shadcn/Tailwind frontend.

GoVue.jsPocketbaseTypeScript
03

Moscow Regional Duma Inventory System

Secure inventory management for government buildings. Interactive floor plans, role-based access control, 1C integration, government-grade data security compliance.

GoPostgreSQL1C

Experience

Tech Lead / AI Backend Engineer

Ascender

Bangkok, Thailand

Feb 2024 โ€“ Jan 2026

Thailand's #2 digital marketing & technology company. Specialized in e-commerce online marketing and digital business solutions. Total combined monthly GMV of $1M+.

  • Reduced infrastructure costs by 40% by automating LLM compute VM lifecycle โ€” auto-suspend on idle via Cloud Functions + Go scripts with Terraform-managed provisioning
  • Designed and operated microservice architecture on GCP โ€” platform reached $10K+ MRR within 6 months of MVP launch
  • Optimized ATS telephony pipeline, reducing lost calls by 33% through queue management and failover automation โ€” directly impacted sales conversion
  • Built production RAG sales agent: full intent pipeline backed by vector DB + relational DB + external data sources via Genkit
  • Deployed k6 + Grafana observability across internal services โ€” tracked latency, error rates, SLA compliance; maintained 95% platform uptime
  • Built versioned CI/CD pipeline: containerized services via S3-backed artifact storage with multi-environment support and automated rollback
  • Automated logistics and reporting workflows in Go โ€” eliminated 20+ hours/week of manual operations
  • Scaled engineering team from 3 to 8; conducted 30+ technical interviews, made 5 hires

Senior Backend Engineer

BRLab ยท Metaratings

Russia / United Kingdom

Sep 2021 โ€“ Aug 2023

Leading international sports media & technology group (Skolkovo resident). Multi-brand platform with 5M+ monthly visits, proprietary payments, user accounts, and content services.

  • Architected and maintained 30+ microservices including personalized feed sustaining 80K+ RPS peak load
  • Reduced SQL query overhead and source code by 30% โ€” achieved 2x throughput improvement by eliminating data transfer redundancy
  • Recovered 16,000 organic visits within 4 months via Web Archive content recovery pipeline with automated URL redirection
  • Reduced task turnaround from 16 hours to 2 hours by automating internal development workflows
  • Led deployment, refactoring and monitoring as acting Team Lead โ€” accelerated development cycles 2x

Full Stack Developer

D-GRUPP Holding

Moscow

Aug 2020 โ€“ Nov 2021

Multi-agency marketing & tech holding โ€” 7 agencies in media, digital, creative, and marketing automation. Market leader among Russian advertising industry rating agencies.

  • Built automated sales funnel โ€” reduced request processing time by 60%, tripled conversion rate
  • Increased search engine traffic by 30% through loading speed optimization and technical SEO
  • Secured Linux-based infrastructure with access controls, vulnerability assessments and automated backups โ€” maintained 99.9% uptime
  • Integrated third-party systems and automated reporting processes while maintaining security protocols

Full Stack Developer

Freelance

Remote

Jan 2020 โ€“ Aug 2020
  • Delivered 10+ MVPs for early-stage startups within 4โ€“8 week timelines, $3Kโ€“10K per project
  • Implemented authentication systems, payment integrations, and responsive APIs for mobile applications
  • Provided technical advisory for non-technical founders โ€” rapid prototyping and market validation focus

Education

Master's Degree ยท Application and Operation of Automated Systems

Perm Military University

2016 โ€“ 2020
  • Specialization: Information Security and Automated Systems
  • Full-time ยท Government-accredited program

Certifications

SEC0

TryHackMe

2026

Google Cloud Professional Developer

Google Cloud

2025

Technical & Information Security

Cisco Networking Academy

2023

Software Design Patterns

Udemy

2023

CTF PHDays 2019, Top 3

Positive Technologies

2019