Summary
Illia Ratkevych is a Lead Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building backend and full‑stack web systems, primarily using ASP.NET Core and microservice architectures. He has led architecture and delivery for products ranging from enterprise video streaming and live‑stream microservices to a mental health VR app, consistently improving reliability and team practices through TDD, pair programming and Agile transformation. Comfortable with cloud environments and Docker, he integrates AWS services into production systems and prototypes, including Telegram bot projects used as learning playgrounds. Pragmatic by default, Illia balances engineering discipline with a penchant for polishing “perfect” code, and he enjoys mentoring teams to adopt robust development workflows. Based in Kyiv, he brings a track record of reducing support overhead and accelerating product launches through pragmatic architecture and cross‑functional leadership.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer