Aleks Tkachenko
Senior Software Engineer at Forge
Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAleks Tkachenko is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable, test-driven systems across fintech and cloud platforms. He currently drives engineering at Forge after senior roles at SharesPost and practical test-automation leadership at Apcera and Chicago Tribune, where he delivered reusable testing frameworks adopted across multiple sites. Aleks blends pragmatic trade-off thinking with hands-on implementation—preferring iterative improvements that demonstrably deliver benefits. He has strong background in building Agile QA teams and hybrid automated testing frameworks, and holds advanced degrees in project management and computer systems. Based in Böblingen, he brings a cross-cultural perspective from U.S. and Eastern European technical education and industry experience.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at DePaul University(M.P.M.) MS, Project Management, (M.P.M.) MS, Project Management at National Academy of Public AdministrationMS, Computer Systems & Networks, MS, Computer Systems & Networks at Odessa National University
Github Skills (12)
payment-gateway9
gssapi8
elixir8
backend8
scalable7
functional-programming7
programming-language7
bitcoin6
compiler5
go4
ui-framework2
dart2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
alekstkach/straight
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:33 pushes, 14 branches, 2 comments in 3 months
alekstkach/straight-server
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:18 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
statelessserver-statepayment-gatewaygatewaypayment
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