Summary
Denis Koltsov is a pragmatic software leader with 14+ years of experience building scalable web and backend systems, now leading development at Uniplay in Stockholm. He blends hands-on engineering (from React front-ends to Go Lambdas and Node.js microservices) with team leadership and product-focused delivery, having driven zero-downtime migrations and sub-50ms backend response targets at Paradox. Comfortable across the stack, Denis has shepherded payment and player-service architectures, optimized high-throughput data pipelines, and run teams of seven while staying deeply involved in implementation. His background working with top Swedish tech clients and rapid product launches (Urb-it, Lazada, fintech platforms) gives him a strong sense for shipping pragmatic, customer-oriented features. Colleagues describe him as an empathetic organizer who balances big-picture thinking with relentless attention to performance and developer experience.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering at Moscow State University of Printing Arts (MGUP)
Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at 2-nd Lyceum, Cheboxary, Russia
51-th school, Cheboxary, Russia
English, Russian, Swedish