Summary
Boris Parfenenkov is a Tech Lead with 10 years of experience designing architectures for complex, data-intensive distributed systems and driving strategic engineering initiatives at both high-growth startups and large tech companies. Currently leading teams at Google, he brings a track record from ServiceTitan and Extreme where he combined hands-on system design with people management and long-term product thinking. He holds an MSc with honours in Machine Learning and Computer Vision and has published research in image analysis and probabilistic ML methods like Bayesian neural networks and SVMs. A seasoned mentor and former university instructor of software engineering topics, Boris is as comfortable coaching teams as he is solving hard technical tradeoffs in scalable backend systems. His background blending academic research, teaching, and production engineering gives him a rare ability to translate advanced ML concepts into robust, maintainable products.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Ural State University named after A.M.Gorky
English, Russian