Maksim Pechnikov is an experienced backend engineer with 17 years in web and distributed systems, specializing in Elixir, Erlang, Phoenix, PostgreSQL and Kafka. Currently based in Tampere, Finland, he builds resilient, functional backends at WELLNUTS while freelancing on Upwork, drawing on prior senior work for projects like Pleroma and multiple Elixir/Phoenix startups. His background in Ruby on Rails and mentoring informs a pragmatic, developer-friendly approach to system design and code maintainability. Comfortable across SQL-based systems and message-driven architectures, he combines deep functional-programming instincts with practical production experience. An Emacs enthusiast evident from his GitHub bio, he often contributes to open-source Fediverse tooling and decentralized social platforms behind the scenes.
17 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Syktyvkar Forest Institute, Computer Science faculty, major "Information Systems in Forestly"
Contributions:12 PRs, 66 pushes, 15 branches in 3 years 6 months
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