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Ruslan Isakov

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Senior/Team Lead Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience in Fintech and Enterprise environments. Holds a higher education degree in Software Engineering and international certifications (Senior Laravel & Symfony).

Specialized in designing scalable architectures (DDD, Enterprise, GRASP & GoF design patterns) and automating complex business processes.

Proven experience in team leadership, CI/CD implementation, and technical debt reduction. Reduced client scoring time by 20x and decreased fraud by 99% in a leading fintech company.

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More than 100+ large projects
Including for global premium partners

Background

Hard Skills

* narrow professional skills needed to solve specific tasks in everyday work

  • PHP, Laravel, Symfony
  • Architecture & Design: DDD, Enterprise Patterns, GRASP & GoF Design Patterns
  • Engineering Practices: TDD, SOLID, DRY, KISS, YAGNI, Clean Code, PSR
  • Infrastructure: Docker, Docker Compose, RabbitMQ, CI/CD, Linux, Nginx, Apache
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Redis
  • API & Integrations: REST, SOAP, WebSocket, OpenAPI/Swagger
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab
  • Frontend: HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, Bootstrap

Soft Skills

* cross-functional skills that help solve real-world problems and collaborate effectively with others

  • Technical leadership and mentoring
  • Project and process management
  • Architectural thinking
  • Business communication and collaboration
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Critical thinking and auditing
  • Technical debt and risk management
  • Technical auditing and code review
  • Public speaking
  • Emotional intelligence
Work Experience

Work Experience (7+ years)

Senior/TeamLead Software Engineer

Finance company «M Bulak»

06.02.2023 - н.в.

The largest FinTech holding in the CIS (KG, KZ, RU, AZ) with $100M+ turnover and 5000+ employees

  • Stack:
  • PHP, Laravel, Docker, RabbitMQ, WebSocket, PostgreSQL, Redis, Git, GitLab, CI/CD, REST, SOAP, OpenAPI/Swagger, CleanCode, HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, Bootstrap

  • Projects:
  • Designed and developed an online lending platform and internal financial system automating key business processes: application processing, scoring, loan issuance, customer support, accounting, and reporting:
  • • Reduced client verification time from 20 minutes to 1 minute (-95%) through data validation automation and integrations with government services and credit bureaus;
  • • Decreased fraudulent applications by 99% by building an anti-fraud system and implementing automated checks;
  • • Implemented a cloud-based electronic signature module, reducing contract signing time from 10 minutes to 1 minute (-90%);
  • • Automated accounting and financial operations: chart of accounts, postings, payments, and regulatory reporting;
  • • Developed algorithms for repayment schedules, grace periods, restructuring, and penalty calculations;
  • • Built APIs for Android and iOS supporting the full customer lifecycle: registration, loan applications, personal account, payments, documents, news, notifications, and support;

  • Leadership (Team Lead):
  • • Led the team: hiring, увольнение, task assignment and execution control; implemented CI/CD and coding standards. Reduced production bugs by 40% and accelerated releases by 30%;
  • • Developed job descriptions and processes, created and implemented technical standards and project documentation;

  • Achievements:
  • • Designed and built from scratch an automated online lending system covering the full cycle: from client registration, anti-fraud, scoring, fund disbursement, to loan repayment. Previously, all applications were processed manually. This transformation fully automated the process, reduced operational costs, and enabled a 24/7 revenue model;
  • • Optimized the loan issuance process from 60 to 15 minutes (-75%), increasing the client base by 20% in the first quarter after release;

Software Engineer

«Kulikov»

18.10.2021 - 02.02.2023 (1 year 5 months)

International FoodTech holding (KG/KZ/UZ/RU/USA), a Central Asia market leader with $50M+ revenue and 2000+ employees

  • Stack:
  • PHP, Laravel, MS SQL Server, MySQL, REST, SOAP, Git, GitLab, CleanCode, HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, Bootstrap

  • Projects:
  • • Developed Enterprise systems for automating internal business processes: document management, personnel management, employee training, and production process monitoring:;
  • • Developed an electronic document management system — the core corporate platform for handling employee requests, documents, and access to internal company services;
  • • Built an ERP system “Employee Wallet” for managing employee bonus programs;
  • • Implemented an HRM system for personnel records, automating company structure and HR processes;
  • • Developed an LMS platform for employee training with groups, courses, assessments, and analytics;
  • • Created a BPM system for monitoring and collecting warehouse temperature sensor data with notifications and analytics;
  • • Developed microservices for managing advertising screens across the company’s retail network;

  • Achievements:
  • • Optimized service performance, reducing average response time from 1.2s to 0.25s, accelerating request processing by 5x and reducing server load;
  • • Optimized complex SQL query structures, improving data retrieval and processing speed by 12x (e.g., reports generated in 6 seconds now complete in 0.5 seconds);

PHP Developer

«Impuls Animation»

01.05.2018 - 17.10.2021 (3 years 6 months)

The company delivers turnkey B2B solutions for large and medium-sized businesses across the CIS

  • Stack:
  • PHP, MySQL, WordPress, REST, SOAP, Git, GitHub, GitLab, HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, Bootstrap, Adaptive layout

  • Projects:
  • • Developed e-commerce platforms and various types of websites (B2C, informational, corporate, promotional, and landing pages);
  • • Worked on large-scale projects for major clients such as “WarGaming”, “SberBank”, and “UralSib Bank”;

  • Achievements:
  • • Optimized template architecture and introduced reusable components, reducing development time for new projects by 40%;
  • • Improved project stability and maintainability through code structuring and implementation of unified development standards;
  • • Progressed from intern to senior developer within 3 years благодаря быстрому освоению технологий и ответственности за ключевые модули;

Portfolio

(100+ projects)

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Education

Education

International University of the Kyrgyz Republic (Master's Degree)

2023 - 2025

Master of Technical Sciences

International University of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bachelor's Degree)

2020 - 2023

Engineer-Programmer

Polytechnic College at the International University of the Kyrgyz Republic (Red Diploma)

2017 - 2020

Technician-Programmer
Certifications

Professional development, courses, certifications

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