Summary
Ivan Shmelov is a seasoned backend software engineer with nine years of hands-on experience and a 12-year background in enterprise-level banking and retail systems, now contributing at Wix after leadership roles at EPAM. He combines strong SDLC discipline—CI, automated testing, end-to-end quality—with practical expertise in designing testable, efficient web services and guiding teams through delivery. A self-motivated technical leader and former head of a Java development lab, he excels at switching contexts quickly, resolving impediments, and mentoring peers to solve complex business problems. Academically driven, he holds a master’s in computer science and is pursuing a PhD, bringing research-oriented rigor to production engineering. Notably, he pairs deep time-management and client-facing skills with a persistent appetite for self-development and fast decision-making under pressure.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Dnipro National University