Philipp Shergalis

Core team of Apache Ignite, Open Source high-performance distributed DBMS

Top cloud provider in CIS (Eastern Europe), revenue ~$90 million a year. Developing cloud for global market, independent from Yandex infra. - Identified redundant functionalities, saving an estimated 2 months of development. - Transitioned creation of alerting calls to external telephony implementation, providing uninterrupted creation of ~2000 calls/month. - Created a comprehensive documentation recognized for its significant impact on adaptation, leading to 3 out of 5 bootcamp members to stay in the team.

Billing (Fintech) of top-tier marketplace in CIS, revenue ~$1 billion/yearly. - Resolved billing issues, optimized transaction flows for tax benefits and merchant debt collection, resulting in multimillion gains. - Refining codebase, saving months of development time, streamlining the addition of new billings. - Reduced the logistics database size by 90% through billing logic redesign. - Recruited 3 aspiring developers. - Created tasks for 5 screening contests, mentored 2 teams at Yandex Backend School.

- Single-handedly maintained a full-stack website using Kotlin and AngularJS. - Leveraged technologies including Spring, Git, Docker, and PostgreSQL to implement various features. - Delivered features such as an admin interface, promo catalogue, and notification system, enhancing the user experience

Great GPA of 1.6 (in German grading). Publication in Russian Science Citation Index. Captain of victorious 5-member team in two student hackathons at Moscow HSE University.