Summary
Andrey Koltsov is a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with 8 years’ experience designing performance-focused automation and infrastructure for distributed storage and search systems. Based in Berlin, he combines backend expertise in Java, Kotlin and Python with front-end skills (Angular, RxJS) and deep Kubernetes/OpenShift, CI/CD and observability experience to build end-to-end tooling, deployment pipelines and monitoring solutions. At JetBrains and Dell he led test automation strategy, created CI/CD and Docker image ownership, and drove performance improvements—once improving transactional latency by up to 95% through targeted analysis and collaboration. He enjoys starting projects from scratch, shipping frameworks, REST and deployment clients, and integrating Prometheus/Grafana with custom UIs to make complex system behavior visible. A committed mentor and knowledge-sharer, Andrey balances hands-on engineering with coaching to raise team capability across performance, scalability and reliability domains.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Alumnus, graduated with honors, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor, Alumnus, graduated with honors, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor at Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University