Akim Krotov
Head Of Backend Development at Kolesa Group
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Summary
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Top SchoolAkim Krotov is a seasoned backend engineering leader with 11 years of experience, currently heading Backend Development at Kolesa Group and previously scaling teams at Kolesa.kz. He combines hands-on coding roots with progressive management roles, moving from software developer to development lead and now to engineering leadership. Based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Akim focuses on building reliable, production-grade backend systems and aligning engineering efforts with business needs. His master's-level technical education underpins a pragmatic approach—he "knows what he needs" and translates that clarity into team direction and delivery. Despite a low public GitHub footprint, his long tenure at a single product family suggests deep domain expertise and strong institutional knowledge.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Almatinskij Institut Energetiki i SvjaziMaster's degree, Master's degree at Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI)
English, Russian
Github Skills (40)
unit-testing10
codeception10
acceptance-testing10
phpunit10
php-manager10
bdd10
integration-testing10
testing9
guzzle9
nette9
php9
http-header8
full-stack8
http-client7
curl7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
akimsir/junit-reports
Jul 2017 - Dec 2020
Php manager junit tests reports
Contributions:23 commits, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 3 years 5 months
php-managerreportsphpjunit-testsphpunit
akimsir/tester
Aug 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:35 commits, 13 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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