Summary
Evgeniy Zhelnin is a Senior Back End Developer with over a decade of programming experience and eight years of focused professional work building web services, microservices, backend game logic and data-driven systems. He has led backend teams in the gaming sector, shipping Lua-based game logic on Nakama and custom internal frameworks, while also developing PHP-based tools, REST microservices and server automation. Comfortable across Linux server administration, nginx, tarantool and OpenAPI-driven architectures, he blends hands-on coding with practical platform and deployment expertise. Evgeniy has a track record of creating reusable backend frameworks and validators for internal use, demonstrating an emphasis on developer productivity and API reliability. Based in Saint Petersburg, he combines legacy web experience (Yii, Zend, Oracle) with modern backend patterns, making him adept at both evolving legacy systems and building new, scalable services.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Русский, English