Konstantin Sopin
Senior Software Engineer Lead at Currency Solutions
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKonstantin Sopin is a Senior Software Engineer Lead based in London with 12 years of web-focused engineering experience and a decade-plus track record of designing scalable, production-grade systems. He has driven architectural transformations at Currency Solutions, splitting a PHP monolith into Go microservices, designing REST/RPC APIs, and migrating to AWS-managed infrastructure. Comfortable across the stack, he combines deep troubleshooting and database tuning skills with hands-on coding and test-driven improvements—evidenced by open-source contributions to the Zend Framework that enhanced navigation customization and test coverage. A pragmatic team player and quick learner, he routinely leads performance diagnostics, third-party integrations (including payment gateways and credit bureaus), and road-mapping for microservices. His background in mechanical engineering and automation gives him a structured, systems-oriented approach to software architecture and operational reliability.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Master of Engineering and Technology., M.S., Master of Engineering and Technology. at Bratsk State Technical University
Russian, English
Github Skills (5)
php10
zend-framework10
unit-testing9
css7
html6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
zendframework/zendframework
Dec 2013 - Mar 2015
Official Zend Framework repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Konstantin's primary focus was on enhancing the navigation menu functionality within the Zend Framework. They added the ability to set custom CSS classes for the active list item, modifying the core `Menu.php` helper and adding a corresponding test case. Furthermore, the user implemented and added test methods for the `liActiveClass` parameter, incorporating changes to both the helper and relevant test files to ensure proper functionality and test coverage. These modifications provide greater customization options for developers utilizing the framework's navigation features.
zendzend-frameworkphpframeworkmodular
ksopin/notes
Sep 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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