Summary
Alex Zlobin is a TechLead with 12 years of software engineering experience who designs and delivers robust, scalable enterprise systems across finance, gaming, and digital content platforms. He blends hands-on backend expertise in Java/Spring, PostgreSQL, Kafka and Redis with practical architecture choices like modular monoliths augmented by specialized microservices, observability via ELK, and cloud-native deployment using Kubernetes and Helm. Known for taking projects end-to-end, he has led API design, integrations (Stripe, government APIs), performance-sensitive reporting, and migrations from Mesos/Marathon to Kubernetes. He mentors teams through interviews and code reviews, and brings a pragmatic cost/benefit lens to technical decisions (SaaS vs custom, hosting tradeoffs). A less obvious strength is his comfort across both enterprise banking constraints and startup product thinking, enabling fast iteration without sacrificing reliability.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Kuban State University of Technology (KubSUT)