Backend Engineer · Engineering Manager · Team Lead
Hey there! I'm Dmytro - I like figuring out how complex systems work and making them actually work well. Most of my time goes into backend development and building products from scratch, and I try not to be afraid to rebuild something once it's clear there's a better way. Outside of code, I run - training for my first marathon, and honestly, it teaches patience just as well as debugging in production does.
01 · About
I'm a backend engineer and Engineering Manager with ten years of experience building and scaling SaaS products. I've gone from writing my first production services to leading a team of 7 engineers, owning both technical direction and delivery.
Along the way, I've built dozens of backend services, led a Kubernetes migration, decomposed a monolithic system into independent services, and reworked search so it runs 40% faster. But technical decisions are only half the job: I hire engineers, mentor them into senior roles, and build processes that let a team ship a release with confidence - not guesswork.
I'm equally comfortable diving deep into system architecture and talking with someone about their career growth. I believe a good engineer thinks not just about the code, but about how the decision behind it will be felt - by the user, and by the team that has to live with it.
02 · Blog
That "Readiness Score" on your screen every morning isn't science, it's marketing layered on top of science. A breakdown of what HRV trackers actually measure accurately, and how I read mine on Garmin.
read →The person whose systems quietly hold up half the modern internet just left Google after 27 years. Breaking down who Jeff Dean is and why his departure is more than just a routine executive move.
read →As of August 2, an AI chatbot in the EU can no longer silently pretend to be human. But while that part of the law kicked in, a far more important one was quietly delayed under Big Tech pressure.
read →03 · Contact
Open to conversations about Engineering Manager, Staff, and Senior Backend Engineer roles, as well as interesting projects and collaborations. Reach out - I read and reply personally.