Yaroslav Zhmayev

Full-stack Software Developer · DevOps · Solution Architect

Italy · salaros@salaros.com · salaros.com

summary

Full-stack software developer, DevOps engineer and solution architect working in IT since 2008. Strong problem-solver and critical thinker with a passion for open-source and knowledge sharing. Comfortable owning products end-to-end: from architecture and infrastructure to code and delivery.

experience

Cloud Architect (contract) · Euronext

Jan 2026 — present

Cloud architecture on the Euronext trading infrastructure. Cloudflare, networking.

CloudflareNetworking

DevOps Specialist · NDA

Aug 2024 — Oct 2024

Working for customers in Western Europe and the US

Lead Solutions Architect · 24x.press GmbH

Jul 2023 — Feb 2024

Cooperate with UI/UX expert to create clean interfaces and simple, intuitive interactions and experiences. Designed microservice-oriented architecture for express delivery service (similar to FedEx or DHL, but with Uber-like driver policy). With dev team prototyped mobile applications (.NET MAUI) for company drivers and the final customers. Created pipelines for deployment of micro-services and for building package dependencies. Lead dev team while implementing MVP and later beta-version of the product.

Contractor (self-employed) · EssilorLuxottica

Apr 2022 — Oct 2022

Lead Solutions Architect · Luxottica

Apr 2022 — Nov 2022

Helped dev team to conduct a cut-off migration from an old proprietary self-hosted solution written in Java to a rewritten solution consisting of Java microservices, FIHR server with Kafka. Written and executed E2E performance tests on legacy and new solution using BlazeMeter. Introduced and vulnerability detection (via Jenkins + HCL AppScan). Added more CI/CD processes to the development process.

Chief Solutions Architect (contract) · Specifi Europe s.r.l. - Italy / Specifi LLC

Jun 2019 — Dec 2025

Designed microservice-oriented architecture for the new solution customer wanted to develop. Designed and implemented (code-first) all databases, log ingestion, health and readiness checks, monitoring, backup. Created CD/CD pipelines from per-micro-service and per-package repositories for deployment of micro-services via Azure DevOps, Azure Container Registry and Helm, as well as ensured correct SemVer versioning of NuGet packages, pushed to a private NuGet feed. Lead dev team during a complete rewrite of an existing monolithic desktop product coupled with PHP micro-services and multiple CRMs as a cloud-native micro-services. Managed a team of 10+ members (QA, BA, UI/UX, PM), set up code review, static code analysis and other best practices, mentored devs. Implemented a ChatGPT-based solution for categorization of 1M+ products in an electronic Catalog. Rewritten previously created ChatGPT solution and saved $50k+ on OpenAI fees by implementing a simpler self-hosted solution using Machine Learning (trained and deployed an ML.NET model) (trained a classifier model using competitors public data). Created a proprietary UI toolkit in Blazor (server-side and later WASM). Developed an AR/VR solution for virtual exhibitions during COVID-19 pandemic using Three.js for AR/VR and Jitsi for videoconferencing and SignalR for moderation and automated matchmaking.

Microsoft Azure

Founder · CODECAVE

Apr 2019 — Feb 2022

Started an outsourcing / out staffing company from scratch. Lead a team composed of a UI/UX, BA, PM and 8 Software Developers. Delivered on many projects using Agile (Scrum) methodology. Offered comprehensive SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) model for both legacy and completely new applications.

Full Stack Engineer · Conversis

Mar 2016 — May 2019

Custom WordPress plugin development, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery. Created a hi-load geo-distributed systems with heavy usage of caching (e.g. during deployment process visitors saw cached content with some widgets requiring back-end being temporarily disabled). Implemented deployment to production with 24/7 live audience (5M+ monthly visitors). Created one-time donations & subscriptions via PayPal. Implemented custom tracking for newsletters and retargeting pixels. Implemented integration with 3rd party advertisement vendors.

Chief Technology Officer (part-time) · CODECAVE

Jan 2016 — Mar 2022

Leading development teams, DevOps.

Leading Development TeamsDevOps

Senior Lead Software Engineer · MasterChef Italy S.r.l

Apr 2015 — Oct 2015

Lead a team of full-stack web developers and desktop application developers. Created vertical plugins for Autodesk Revit (using C# API). Worked on many internal projects such as ERP and BPM: created custom modules and integrations. Developed an online catalog with configurator features. Administered Linux VM and acted as DevOps.

Co-founder · VendInRussia

Dec 2014 — Jan 2019

Advertising solutions for products and services Made In Italy

Web / R&D / Programming · Render Image Srl

Nov 2013 — Oct 2015

Programmer · Render Image Srl

May 2011 — Nov 2013

Development of vertical applications and tools

Member of Masterchef 4 project

Technical support and Web developer · Render Image Srl

Oct 2008 — Jun 2011

Technical support, development of helpdesk tools.

Web applications development,

Network administration

Software Engineer · Render Image S.r.l

Oct 2008 — Apr 2015

Web development: created modern PHP OOP applications for business process automation. Migrated legacy CRM to a new one, create dozens of custom modules and integrations. Developed a client-server desktop application (Project Document Manager) with complex set of privileges for read and write-access, it allowed sales managers to create quotations and later (in the office) to synchronize them to a server + get new content created by others (if user had proper access to them). In 2014-2015 code-reviewed and mentored Junior devs. Windows and Linux system administration. Pre-sales activities and 2nd level tech. support.

Database Administrator · Angellini e Romagnoli SNC

Jan 2006 — Oct 2008

MS Access database managment

skills

languages
C# · TypeScript / JavaScript · PHP · Bash · SQL
frameworks
ASP.NET / Blazor · Vue.js · Astro · Yii2 · WordPress
devops
Docker · Kubernetes · Azure · Google Cloud · Cloudflare · Linux · CI/CD
databases
PostgreSQL · MySQL · SQL Server · SQLite · MongoDB

open source

Author and maintainer of open-source libraries and tools: github.com/salaros ★ 367 stars

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