Ilia Baryshnikov

Senior Software Engineer / Systems Engineer

Open to remote
Telegram @qwelias
Email: qwelias@gmail.com
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Summary

Senior software engineer with 11+ years of experience building, stabilizing, and operating production systems.
Strong Node.js/TypeScript background with Linux, infrastructure, and platform engineering experience.
Comfortable owning systems end-to-end: architecture, implementation, deployment, and operations.
Pragmatic, automation-driven, and reliability-focused.
Proven exceptional abilty in identifying production problems.

Core Skills

Primary Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, Bash

Infrastructure & Platforms
Linux, Docker, Terraform, Nomad, Consul, Kubernetes, AWS

Data & Messaging
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, MySQL

Practices
System design, CI/CD, observability, integration testing, technical leadership, mentoring

Experience

Open Source

• GitHub contributor across multiple projects
• Personal systems and tooling projects (work in progress)
• GitHub PRs
• Bisected a Kernel bug

Independent Contractor
Senior Software Engineer

May 2024 — Present | Remote

• Full-stack and systems development for remote clients
• Infrastructure design, automation, and production reliability
• Technical leadership and engineering management support

zoopit.no
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead

Sep 2021 — Apr 2024

• Technical leadership for core platform and infrastructure
• Stabilized system availability and reduced operational risk
• Introduced reproducible cluster infrastructure and standardized CI/CD
• Unified logging, monitoring, integration testing, and documentation
• Mentored engineers and led technical interviews

Schibsted
Software Engineer

Feb 2020 — Sep 2021

• Built and maintained sports data aggregation and delivery services
• Designed and implemented service integration testing framework
• Contributed to live-update systems with high traffic requirements
• Assisted migration to AWS EKS using Terraform
• Drove adoption of TypeScript and stronger typing practices

EPAM Systems
Software Engineer

Apr 2017 — Jan 2020

• Designed and implemented cross-platform headless services (Windows, macOS)
• Built RPC communication using Protocol Buffers over IPC
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines and integration test frameworks
• Produced design documentation and maintained project technical knowledge
• Improved reliability and maintainability of large legacy systems

Projects included work for Epic Games, Schneider Electric, and Ericsson.

Ridero
Software Engineer

Nov 2016 — Mar 2017

• Developed internal tools and web admin interfaces
• Integrated external services and delivery tracking systems
• Improved CI/CD processes, logging, and metrics
• Performed system optimizations and reliability improvements

JetTeam
Software Engineer

Sep 2014 — Nov 2016

• Full-stack development across multiple commercial projects
• Designed MVP architectures and delivered production systems
• Worked on payments, real-time features, and system integrations
• Containerized applications and improved deployment workflows

Education

Ural Federal University Bachelor of Science in Applied Informatics 2012 — 2016