Alexey Kardapoltsev is a seasoned backend-focused CTO with 13 years of engineering experience and 12+ years specializing in Scala, leading small cross-functional teams to build high-availability, scalable systems. He combines deep Scala/Java/Kotlin expertise (akka, cats, cats-effect, akka-streams) with hands-on experience across databases (Postgres, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Redis) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP). As a maintainer and contributor to the widely used sbt-native-packager project, he has practical DevOps experience packaging and deploying Java/Scala services, including nuanced init/systemd scripting and permission fixes. He has led engineering and architecture at startups and product companies, balancing technical leadership with active coding, and brings additional fluency in Go, Python and functional languages like Haskell. Though intrigued by ML and computer vision, his strengths remain in backend architecture, systems reliability and developer tooling. Based in Nha Trang, Vietnam, he often contributes to open source projects he relies on, blending pragmatic engineering with community impact.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Engineer's degree at Ufa State Petroleum Technological University
Contributions:1 review, 80 commits, 25 PRs in 7 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Alexey primarily contributed to the development of Debian packaging for the sbt-native-packager project. They implemented and refined features related to system startup scripts (SysVinit, Systemd, Upstart) for Java server applications, including the ability to configure startup order and dependencies. The user's work encompassed modifications to templates, maintainer scripts, and package mappings, enhancing the project's capabilities for building and deploying Java applications as Debian packages. The user also addressed bugs related to file permissions and symlink creation.
Contributions:19 pushes, 19 branches in 6 years 5 months
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Alexey Kardapoltsev - Chief Technology Officer at Hamoye.com