Summary
Alexey Stepanov is a seasoned Lead Developer with 17 years of experience building high-load web systems and payment integrations across Python, Java, C#, C++ and Perl. Based in Seattle with roots in Russia, he has led teams and projects at ConsultantPlus, Mail.Ru and Rutube, delivering REST services, search integrations (FAST, Sphinx, Solr) and payment/telecom integrations. His expertise spans systems and infra—Nginx/Apache, Redis/Memcached, Cassandra—and he routinely optimizes SQL and stored-procedure-heavy backends (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite). He has hands-on experience with media ingest/download pipelines, search ranking algorithms and building resilient distributed services like RAID-6 tooling and mass SMS systems. Known for moving between deep implementation and technical leadership, he blends low-level performance tuning with pragmatic API and integration design. An operator-turned-architect, he’s comfortable shipping both prototypes and production-grade, high-throughput systems.
17 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer