Evgeny Kharitonov
Java Team Lead at Yandex
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
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Top SchoolEvgeny Kharitonov is a Java team lead with 11 years of experience building high-load, data-intensive services at Yandex, where he leads backend efforts for Yandex.Market and previously built core recommender infrastructure for Yandex.Zen. He specializes in scalable Java systems, off-heap memory optimizations, distributed MapReduce pipelines and realtime embedding streams that materially improved recommendation quality and ad revenue. Known for digging deep into logistics and automation, he led initiatives that tripled DB CPU efficiency for peak seasons and significantly lowered per-order delivery costs. A hands-on leader, Evgeny prototypes for scale, mentors engineers through tech design and code reviews, and runs regular knowledge-sharing sessions. Outside work he writes technical posts, contributes on StackOverflow, and volunteers for charity and ecological causes, reflecting a practical engineering ethic with social impact.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
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Github Skills (68)
redis-sentinel10
azure-redis-cache10
database10
json10
pipelining10
asynchronous10
caching10
redis10
thread-safety10
quartz-scheduler10
nosql9
reactive9
redis-client9
intellij-plugin9
realtime9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mors741/genetic-algorithm
Feb 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:57 commits, 6 PRs, 41 pushes in 2 years
windowsgeneticgenetic-algorithmsroutingvehicle
mors741/spring-spittr
Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:14 commits, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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