Maxim Ovcharov is a seasoned engineering leader with 10+ years delivering high-load web systems and scaling developer organizations, currently Director of Engineering for Selectel OpenStack Cloud. He combines hands-on Python and Go development with operational expertise across PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka/RabbitMQ, Docker and Kubernetes, and a background in Unix/Linux administration. As a people-focused manager he has led five cross-functional teams (28 people), implemented performance management and team maturity models, and scaled processes like OKR, Scrum/Kanban and zero-bug policies across organizations. Notably, he drives platform upgrades and technical debt programs while still contributing code and pet projects on GitHub, reflecting a preference for understanding complex systems and simplifying them in practice.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Education, specialist, Department of Energy, Nanotechnology and Electronics, Industrial Electronics Engineer, Higher Education, specialist, Department of Energy, Nanotechnology and Electronics, Industrial Electronics Engineer at North-Caucasian Federal University, Stavropol
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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Maxim Ovcharov - Director Of Engineering Selectel OpenStack Cloud