Auckland, New Zealand
Professional profile
An expert front-end developer, with experience in agile software development methodologies.
I love all things web.
Objective
Looking to apply my skills in a suitably challenging role.
And pioneer the use of cutting edge front end and cloud technologies in product planning, design, and implementation.
Jan 2017–Present
Front-End Developer
Pixel Fusion Ltd., Auckland
Involved in various projects with a number of key clients.
A member of a self-organising and cross-functional team developing SPA websites with Node back ends and React/Redux front ends within the Scrum and Kanban frameworks. Lead the development of shared base packages for those websites housing shared dependencies, configuration, and build scripts.
Using web accessibility best practices for writing HTML markup.
Building responsive layouts and components using Atomic design methodologies.
Lead the successful migration of a jQuery/Blade front end to React. As part of this project, I developed a custom asynchronous front-end form validation solution.
Single-page apps
Scrum, Kanban, Dual-track agile
JIRA, BitBucket, Confluence
Design thinking
React, Redux, React Router, Webpack
Server-side rendering
Unit testing (Jest), dependency injection
Test-driven development
SEO, Web accessibility
Atomic Design
Node.js
Docker, CI/CD, Jenkins
Shopify templates, Vue.js
Squarespace
Aug–Nov 2016
Front-End Developer
Goodfolk Ltd., Auckland
Whilst in this role, I implemented interactive UI components for the web.
Was involved in developing websites and responsive email templates for key clients.
Responsive styling with Bootstrap
SASS, Gulp/Grunt
Atomic design systems
Implementing custom form elements (date picker, drop-down list) using jQuery
Implementing custom email templates for the Marketo marketing platform
Angular.js apps, client-side routing
Trello
2015–Jan 2016
English Language Instructor
Say Yes! English School, Moscow
Instructed groups and individual students in all aspects of the English language.
Built online English reference tools for my students.
Public speaking, mentoring
JavaScript, HTML, CSS
PHP, MySQL
2011–2016
Student Researcher
A.N. Belozersky IPCB, Moscow
Worked on improving the algorithms for computational modelling of protein–DNA interactions with ROSETTA macromolecular modelling tool.
Implemented tools for facilitating and visualising research.
C++, Python, bash, MPI, cluster jobs, Linux/Unix
ROSETTA macromolecular modelling tool
TeX/LaTeX
Feb–Dec 2016
Computer & Information Sciences
Graduate Diploma (B.Sci.)
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland
Distributed and mobile systems (passed with distinction): Using RMI, JSP, EJB, JMS with Java EE
Network Security: CCNA Security (passed with distinction)
Worked part-time during my final semester
Sep 2010–June 2015
Bioengineering & Bioinformatics
Specialist Diploma (M.Sci.)
Moscow State University, Moscow
Diploma with merit
Published 2 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals
2017–Present
Cofactor Ltd.
My small SaaS technology company, incorporated in June 2018.
Cofactor develops online web services that encapsulate discrete data processing and querying functionalities allowing developers to easily integrate them into client software systems. Charged monthly, customers only pay for the services they use based on their consumption the services.
Setting up and managing the cloud infrastructure with Google Cloud. The services used include Google App Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Firebase, Cloud Functions, Genomics.
Managing subscriptions
Processing online payments with Stripe
2016–Present
Ligand
Ligand is a React library for building interactive chemical diagrams including chemical structural/skeletal formulas and reaction mechanisms.
2D web graphics with Canvas and SVG
Building UMD modules with Rollup.js
Developing touch-based UIs
Combining JS with WebAssembly for running computationally intensive tasks
Nov 2017–Present
Cofactor Ora
Modern online pronunciation dictionary.
Cofactor Ora uses machine learning to predict pronunciations of named entities not found in English dictionaries.
AWS: SageMaker, Polly
Open Graph data, SEO, social marketing
Accelerated Mobile Pages
2014–2018
Dictiome
http://en.dictiome.com (currently unavailable)
Dictiome is a Node.js-powered website utilising an in-memory storage and serving the data through the React/Redux-based front end. The database maps words, names and common expressions to YouTube video timestamps. Each timestamp marks the moment in a video the phrase of interest is used in the specified form and sense.
Amazon EC2, nginx, upstart
MongoDB
TypeScript, Angular 2, Angular Universal, Angular Observables
YouTube API
Languages
English, Russian.
IELTS 8.0
Publications
Vasetenkov AE, Koksharova OA. (2013) Comparative and evolutionary aspects of cyanobacteria and plant plastid division study. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 60(4):453–464.
Kravtsova TR, Lazebnaya IV, Lazebny OE, Volkova EY, Fedorenko TA, Gorelova OA, Baulina OI, Lobakova ES, Vasetenkov AE, Koksharova OA. (2013) Molecular phylogeny of a green microalga isolated from White Sea sponge Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766). Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 60(4):536–540.
Conference and meeting presentations
Investigation of cyanobacterial cell division by means of comparative genomics. V International Conference "Advances in Modern Phycology" (May 2012).
Evolution of cyanobacterial cell division factors during the establishment of eukaryotic plastids. XIX International student, postgraduate and young scientist conference "Lomonosov-2012" (Apr 2012).