Andrey Shahnovich

Senior Back End Developer @ GrowDirector

Brussels, Belgium

Senior Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable, real-time and distributed systems using Java, Node.js, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, AWS. Strong focus on system design, performance, reliability and architecture. Led development of high-availability platforms, event-driven pipelines and automation systems serving thousands of concurrent users. Experience across industrial automation, IoT, and complex enterprise systems.

Top roles

Developer / Programmer5 - 10 years

Back-end

Java

Kafka

Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

Front-end

Node.js

Systems

PostgreSQL

Language

Native Russian

Russian

Native

English

Average

Dutch

Average

Work experience

Since 2018

Senior Back End Developer @ GrowDirector

01 January 2023 - 01 January 2025

Designed and developed a scalable automation platform using Node.js and TypeScript, supporting 10k+ real-time events/min across distributed sensors. Implemented event-driven architecture with WebSockets and Redis, improving user engagement metrics by 30%.

Back End Developer @ Inetex LTD

01 January 2022 - 01 January 2023

Developed core microservices for industrial automation using Node.js and TypeScript, improving system reliability from 97.5% to 99.9% uptime.

Back End Developer @ Special Electronic Device

01 January 2020 - 01 January 2022

Built backend modules using Java and PostgreSQL for industrial software, improving request throughput by 30%.

Back End Developer @ Elvees

01 January 2018 - 01 January 2020

Participated in migration to microservices and containerization, improving deployment speed by 3x.

Education experience

Since 2015

Software Engineering @ National Research University of Electronic Technology

01 September 2018 - 30 June 2022

B.Sc. in software engineering.

Process and Production Automation @ Saint Petersburg Mining University

01 September 2015 - 30 June 2018

B.Sc. in Process and Production Automation.