Nazar Ilkiv
Senior Backend Engineer at CreatorIQ
Kyiv, Ukraine
Summary
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Top SchoolNazar Ilkiv is a Senior Backend Engineer with 11 years of software experience, specializing in Node.js and PostgreSQL while comfortably spanning React, Vue, and Angular front-ends. He has a track record of taking products from MVP to scale—leading platform architecture, infrastructure transformations, and distributed-system work at companies like Shopmonkey and CreatorIQ. Nazar combines hands-on implementation with people leadership, having managed teams, conducted interviews, and driven design decisions as an engineering lead. He’s equally at home building features and shaping long-term architecture, frequently owning projects from scratch and solving complex integration and scaling challenges. Based in Kyiv, he brings an unusual background from civil engineering to software, which informs his structured approach to system design. Strong communication and client-facing experience complement his technical depth, making him effective in cross-functional settings.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Civil and industrial engineering, Master's degree Civil and industrial engineering at Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
Украинский, Английский
Github Skills (77)
react-redux10
universal-react10
chartjs10
toast9
dialog9
popup9
visualization9
react9
decorator9
confirm9
data-visualization8
charts8
server-side8
sweetalert8
server-side-rendering8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ekscentrysytet/wc-liqpay-gateway
Mar 2017 - Jun 2020
Extends Wooсommerce gateways with a Liqpay gateway
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 3 years 3 months
ecommercewordpresswoocommerceliqpaygateway
ekscentrysytet/dotfiles
Feb 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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