Akselevich Aleksey
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Akselevich is an expert in software development and passionate about working with server back ends, React front ends, and mobile client sides. Akselevich is more than competent in many areas but where his real specialty lies are in leading teams in the planning and execution of projects with an eye for scalability often involving software and server architecture, database schema design, product design methodology, CD, load-balanced solutions, mobile/web app development, and so on.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
WebStorm, Slack, Node.js, MySQL, Redis, React, React Native, Back-end, APIs, Swagger, Geospatial Data, Hospitality
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed was the Mytopia gaming service which served 100,000 daily players participating in various casual games.
Work Experience
VP of Engineering
Exploros
- Worked for Exploros which empowers teaching of various subjects in many schools in the US—serving teachers and students—and helping students to learn in a modern, interactive, and measurable way.
- Led the company's R&D organization—implementing mission-critical components.
- Managed a distributed remote team using Agile methods and made major back-end contributions while helping with front-end development on demand.
- Joined the Exploros solution with Vonave Video API to allow video conferences within the lesson which enabled Exploros to provide remote education functionality.
- Integrated the Exploros application with the Canvas LMS using Canvas API.
CTO | Lead Engineer
Appoxee
- Rearchitected and converted a legacy C# and Microsoft SQL infrastructure to a scalable solution capable of supporting the required load.
- Moved, for the above-mentioned project, mission-critical components from SQL to MongoDB and led the implementation of the Appoxee Android SDK.
- Ensured that Appoxee provided the desired quality of service to existent customers while going forward with new features and capabilities implementation.
- Applied my design and implemented the service properly which resulted in enabling the Apooxee server to handle billions of push notifications per day in a scalable and manageable way.
Director of Server Technology | VP of Engineering
Mytopia
- Led the company server team which implemented key software modules and architected and designed the server-side gaming back-end.
- Oversaw a team in the development of a Texas hold 'em poker server-side game engine and the build of the admin dashboard for Tournaments for Poker.
- Architected the company's back-end software such as Java game servers and web front-end.
- Led the company's IT team which was responsible for the entire infrastructure which hosted hundreds of thousands of daily active players (all enjoying our games).
- Guided the teams involved with back-end scaling, database scalability, and hardware resource optimization.
- Managed directly a team of server-side developers and an IT team and was responsible for ensuring that all Mytopia games were 100% up-time and available.
Senior Software Engineer
PTC
- Developed modules in code CAD/CAM system which included bug fixes and legacy system support.
- Helped the Asian team to onboard after the acquisition by guiding them through the internal coding styles and techniques.
- Ensured the high performance of a remote team of Indian developers from the Singapore office which included performing as a team lead for 12 programmers.
Experience
Samizdat Book Reader for iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1130700113All books are free to read!
Features:
• Author profiles are displayed conveniently
• Ability to adjust the reading screen
• Bookmark favorite authors and books
MS Windows Miner App for Monero
The app supported authentication, analytics collection, and different levels of complexity.
React Native TikTok Clone
Skills
Languages
C, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, C++, Java, Objective-C, HTML5, CSS, GraphQL, TypeScript, Java 11, PHP, Python, Kotlin, Swift, C#
Frameworks
Swagger, WebApp, Express.js, React Native, Android SDK, Spring, Angular, AngularJS, Hibernate, Redux, Bootstrap, iOS SDK, Next.js
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Amazon API, Eclipse SWT, Sockets, REST APIs, React, Passport.js, WinAPI, Google Maps, Google Ads API, FFmpeg, Vue
Tools
Auth0, Apache, AWS SDK, TokBox, Jira, WebStorm, Slack, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Canvas LMS, WinDbg, Android Studio, AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS), Bitbucket, Expo.io, Git, CAD, Expo
Paradigms
Microservices, Refactoring, Cross-platform, Mobile Development, REST, MEAN Stack, ETL, Data Science
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenTok, Mobile, iOS, Android, Java EE, Blockchain, Linux, JavaFX, Firebase, AWS Lambda, Ethereum, WinRT, Docker, Heroku, Kubernetes, Azure
Storage
MySQL, Redis, RDBMS, Databases, NoSQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Data Lakes, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon DynamoDB, Azure Table Storage
Other
Back-end, APIs, Software, Programming, Architecture, Applications, Scalability, Code Deployment, API Integration, Vonage Video API, Full-stack, Solution Architecture, SDK Development, Web Development, Full-stack Development, Payment APIs, Software Architecture, Software Design, Startups, Back-end Development, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Mobile Web, Amazon RDS, Game Development, Multiplayer, WebSockets, Integration, Reports, Cloud, Google Sign-in, Crypto, CTO, SDKs, User Experience (UX), MERN Stack, Marketplaces, Geospatial Data, Product Management, Business to Government (B2G), OpenAI GPT-4 API, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Warehousing, Video Players, SEO Tools, UI Components, Design Systems, Chatbots, OpenAI, Front-end, ChatGPT, Data Encryption, App Store, Google Play Store, Mining, MSVS, Porting, Monero, Network Drives, 3D CAD, Cryptocurrency Wallets, AI Programming, GPT, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Web Scraping, Hospitality, Bluetooth
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
"LETI" (ETU) | Electrotechnical University - Saint Petersburg, Russia