Summary
Ihor Zhuravlov is a Principal Software Engineer and Data Architect with nine years of experience delivering large-scale Big Data and AI solutions from Warsaw. He specializes in Databricks and Spark, designs cost‑aware, high-performance data pipelines, and led initiatives that halved cloud costs and doubled search engine throughput through targeted optimizations. A Certified Databricks Professional and Top‑10 contributor to the dotnet/spark project, Ihor modernized that open‑source codebase by reconciling 2.5 years of updates and fixing long‑standing issues. As lead AI Architect for a 40+ engineer department, he blends strategic vision with hands‑on engineering, runs internal Big Data courses, and mentors teams to elevate delivery and maintainability. Notably, he progressed from weekend deep dives into Spark internals to shaping enterprise AI strategy, showing a rare mix of curiosity-driven research and production impact.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree , Computer science, IT project management, Master's degree , Computer science, IT project management at ХНУРЭ