Summary
Michael Kotor is a Technical Lead with 10 years of experience building resilient Java-based systems across startups and large enterprises, currently based in Dubai. He specializes in backend engineering, distributed systems and trade/OTC workflows, having improved trade processing reliability by 40% and implemented async, idempotent executions with retries. Comfortable shipping MVPs quickly and rescuing poorly documented products, he blends pragmatic design with strong operational practices like CI/CD, end-to-end testing and cache optimizations that cut memory footprint dramatically. He has led teams at EPAM and fintech firms, driving Java upgrades, Kafka-based event processing, and introducing testing and release disciplines. Notably, he pairs hands-on implementation (integrations with Binance, Elwood V2, Redis) with customer-facing communication skills honed in outsourcing and product roles.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Vilnius University Library
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University