Summary
Isabella Merkulova is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and game backend development. She has led teams and served as scrum master on cloud block storage and virtual private cloud projects, bringing hands-on expertise in Python, Go, OpenStack, and distributed data stores like Postgres, ClickHouse, and Redis. Her background spans high-scale game services (Mighty Party, Auto Brawl Chess) and cloud provider platforms, combining operational rigor with mentoring and code-review discipline. Trained in geoinformatics and information-navigation systems at top Russian universities, she also has experience automating aeronautical charting—an unusual cross-domain skillset that informs her precise approach to system design. Based in Portugal, Isabella blends people leadership with deep technical execution across both product and infrastructure domains.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Бакалавр, Геоинформатика, прикладная информатика в географии, 5, Бакалавр, Геоинформатика, прикладная информатика в географии, 5 at Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Университет
Магистр, Информационно-навигационные системы, 5, Магистр, Информационно-навигационные системы, 5 at Университет ИТМО