Summary
Mikhail Poplavkov is a pragmatic engineering leader and CTO with nine years of experience building high-load services and developer-focused products across startups and large tech firms. As Co-Founder and CTO of Fuelet Wallet, he now focuses on self-custodial crypto infrastructure on Fuel’s modular execution layer, combining product instincts with low-level systems thinking. His background includes Scala and Java expertise from roles at Yandex and EPAM, plus production experience at Amazon, giving him a strong foundation in scalable backend systems and moderation pipelines. He values continuous self-education and productivity improvements, routinely mentoring juniors and evolving his technical craft. Based in Munich, he blends hands-on coding with strategic product decisions and an interest in improving safety and user experience in distributed systems. Despite a primarily backend career, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a contributor mindset that surfaces in open collaboration and startup execution.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree Computer Software Engineering at Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
English, Russian, German