Summary
Alexey Solodkiy is a seasoned backend engineer and technology leader with 11 years of experience building and stabilizing high-load PHP systems, from legacy codebases dating back to PHP4 to modern production platforms. He has led engineering organizations and cross-functional teams—most recently heading PHP development and SRE practices at BelkaCar and serving as Committee Member at Podlodka—while owning architecture, incident response, and developer processes. Alexey combines deep knowledge of algorithms, data structures, design patterns and relational DB optimization with hands-on system administration and on-call discipline. He prioritizes understanding user and business intent early, shaping requirements and product decisions before code is written to deliver pragmatic, maintainable solutions. Comfortable operating at both code and org levels, he has a track record of hiring, scaling teams, automating workflows and improving internal platforms. Based in Moscow, he brings a practical mix of legacy-revival expertise and modern engineering rigor that reduces risk in complex, long-lived systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer