Leadership
Six years leading a team of seven while staying hands-on. Full production ownership and security responsibility.
For employers
Engineering lead & product-minded full-stack engineer
15+ years turning business needs into web, mobile and desktop products. Six years leading a team of seven, hands-on from architecture to production code. Agentic, AI-driven development every day since 2025.
At a glance
At a glance
- Looking for
- Product engineering, senior full-stack or engineering lead roles
- Engagement
- Full-time or contract
- Where
- On-site or hybrid in Edmonton or Calgary, remote anywhere in Canada
- Work authorization
- Canadian Permanent Resident, no sponsorship needed
- Start
- Immediately
- Languages
- English (full professional), Ukrainian, Russian
Experience
15 years, no gaps
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2020 – 2026
Engineering Team Lead · The Go Game
- Led a cross-functional team of 5 developers and 2 QA engineers; set technical direction, mentored, ran dev meetings and stand-ups.
- Owned production, repositories and user access on every product, and was the company's lead security expert.
- Built Weve during COVID ($0 to $10M in revenue in 7 months), then EMD, TGG Play and Stagebox.
- Made agentic, AI-driven development the team's default workflow in 2025.
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2013 – 2020
Lead Web Developer · Wolaver Designs
- Ad platforms and web products for car dealerships, including Node.js back-end services.
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2011 – 2013
Flash & Web Developer · ParaART · independent
- Interactive web and Flash work in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and for remote clients.
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology (2024), assessed by WES as equal to a Canadian four-year bachelor's degree.
Strengths
What I bring to a team
Product sense
Takes things from "this is a problem" to "people rely on it", with a sharp eye for UI and UX.
AI-driven development
Ships AI features since 2023 and works with agents every day: they write most of the code, he decides, reviews and tests.
Selected work
Shipped and relied on
The virtual events platform that kept a company alive
$0 to $10M in revenue in 7 months. Thousands of events a month.
Multi-tenant event operations
Staffing, sales, subscriptions. Hundreds of events a month.
Offline game shows, built in two weeks
Electron + React Native, with AI agents.
One codebase, three platforms, live video
React Native app on iOS, Android and web.
One edit, every game updated
The internal CMS behind 20,000+ activities, with shallow copies that never go stale.
A free citizenship test app, built end to end
404 reviewed questions in test-length sets. My own product, shipped with AI agents.
References
In their words
Literally saved our company… a great leader to the team. You should hire the guy.
Strong technical skills and ability to work independently.
Contact details for references are available on request.
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