Ilya Shaisultanov
Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Plaid
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolIlya Shaisultanov is a software engineer specializing in infrastructure and cloud-native platforms, with 15 years of experience and 8+ years focused on Kubernetes, AWS, and Node.js-driven backends. Currently at Plaid, he brings a systems-oriented approach to sustainable, process-driven solutions, having previously managed high-throughput Kubernetes clusters at Shutterstock and automated infrastructure at Datameer. He pairs hands-on Linux administration and NoSQL expertise (MongoDB, Redis, CouchDB) with strong testing and CI instincts—evident from his contributions improving test coverage for the well-used node_acl library. A mentor and collaborator who values long-term, business-aligned engineering, he also experiments with new languages and tooling (Go, Python, Shell) to solve practical problems. Based in Amsterdam, he combines platform-level thinking with a developer’s focus on quality and maintainability.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B. S. equivalent, System Engineering degree, Computer Science, B. S. equivalent, System Engineering degree, Computer Science at Karaganda State Technical UniversityiOS development, iOS development at Udemy
English, Russian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
mochajs10
javascript10
nodejs10
test-automation10
mongodb9
mongoose9
mongodb-database7
connect6
socket-io6
error-handling6
filesystem6
redis6
rule-engine6
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
OptimalBits/node_acl
Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
Access control lists for node applications
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:13 commits in 3 days
Contributions summary:Ilya primarily focused on enhancing the testing suite for the `node_acl` project. They rewrote and refactored the test suite, migrating it to Mocha. The user added new test cases and implemented tests for resource removal and role removal functionalities to increase the test coverage of the ACL library's behavior. This effort improved the reliability of the access control list implementation.
access-control-listnode-application
diversario/dotfiles
Sep 2015 - May 2022
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
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