Summary
Mikhail Reenko is a product-oriented Team Lead and backend engineer with over 10 years of experience building and scaling web and serverless systems across FinTech, security/privacy, and SaaS domains. He has driven measurable performance gains—most recently boosting Core Web Vitals "green" metrics from 9% to 85% and halving page load times—while also architecting scalable SEO and billing services used in production. Comfortable in distributed teams and remote-first environments, he has led integrations with complex third-party ecosystems (Stripe, QuickBooks, Plaid, crypto exchanges) and owned services across 20+ microservices and 100+ developers. Mikhail combines hands-on implementation (TypeScript, AWS Lambda, PostgreSQL) with people management and process improvements, streamlining Scrum and review workflows. Based in Israel, he pairs a technical background in applied mathematics with a growing interest in finance (Master's in Finance) and space/aircraft projects, reflecting a blend of analytical rigor and curiosity.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU)
Master's degree Finance, Master's degree Finance at Higher School of Economics
English, Russian