Summary
Alexander Sobolev is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with 5 years of professional experience focused on TypeScript, React and Node.js. He has shipped customer-facing frontend platforms at scale—most recently at Wolt Market—and led core Vendor Portal development and SDK improvements at Delivery Hero. His background includes full-stack work for high-profile clients like Dow Jones and The New York Times, where he designed frontend architecture and delivered time-sensitive projects that went into production. Comfortable across modern frontend toolchains (Vite, Webpack, React Query, MobX) and testing frameworks (Jest, Vitest, Playwright), he combines pragmatic engineering with strong delivery discipline. Trained with a Master’s in Software Engineering from Higher School of Economics, he also describes himself as a research-oriented engineer, signaling an appetite for experimentation and deeper system thinking. Notably, he has repeatedly taken ownership of cross-functional projects that required tight deadlines and careful coordination across teams and vendors.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Software Engineering, Master's degree Software Engineering at Higher School of Economics
Русский, English