Maxim Kotelnikov is a Principal Software Engineer based in Paris with over a decade building cloud-native, high-load backend systems and developer tooling. At Amadeus he led migration of 120+ airline retail platforms to the cloud, cutting licensing and maintenance costs by ~80%, halving time-to-interactive for new UIs, and shrinking newcomer environment setup from days to minutes. He teaches and coaches teams in Kubernetes and scalable architecture, and has hands-on experience across Java, Go, Python, ElasticSearch and modern frontend stacks. Earlier roles span IoT, high-availability AWS platforms, and record-setting large-scale video conferencing, reflecting a blend of pragmatic engineering and product-focused delivery. Colleagues know him for turning legacy enterprise systems into cloud-first, operable platforms while keeping an eye on developer experience and compliance (PCI DSS).
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Science at Moscow Techical College
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (Technical University)
Contributions:13 releases, 20 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 5 months
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Maxim Kotelnikov - Principal Software Engineer at Amadeus