Andrej Kazakov
Web Services Group Head at Goldman Sachs
Veselí nad Moravou, South Moravia, Czechia
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Top SchoolAndrej Kazakov is a seasoned software leader with 10+ years of experience building data-driven systems and leading cross-functional engineering teams. As Web Services Group Head at Proemion he combines technical ownership, people management and process design to cut time-to-market from eight months to under two while steering a multi-year web-app decommissioning and migration. He’s hands-on with performance engineering, prototyping new architectures and improving observability so engineers can quickly answer production and support questions. His background at Goldman Sachs deepened his expertise in telemetry, metrics and automated testing for large enterprise systems, and he has contributed backend and test improvements to an Elasticsearch Java REST client on GitHub. Based in South Moravia, he mentors managers and champions data-informed decisions across R&D, bringing a pragmatic balance of engineering rigor and operational focus.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Software Engineering, MEng, Software Engineering at University of Southampton
English, Russian, Lithuanian
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Github Skills (10)
elasticsearch-api10
amazon-elasticsearch10
javas10
elasticsearch10
elasticsearchquery10
aws-elasticsearch10
java10
integration-testing10
testing10
rest-api9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
searchbox-io/Jest
Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
Elasticsearch Java Rest Client.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:31 commits, 2 PRs, 17 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Andrej primarily worked on the Java-based Elasticsearch Java Rest Client, enhancing its test suite and addressing compatibility issues with newer Elasticsearch versions. Their contributions involved modifying existing integration tests, specifically related to alias management, index creation, and settings updates, demonstrating a focus on ensuring the client's functionality. Furthermore, they refactored and adapted tests to the upgraded Elasticsearch version, indicating a commitment to maintaining the project's compatibility and reliability through robust testing. The user also updated test dependencies.
elasticsearchjavarest-client
andrejserafim/elasticsearch
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:51 pushes, 6 branches, 1 comment in 3 months
restfulsearch-enginedatabaseelasticsearchjava
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