Summary
Pavel Baibara is an engineering manager and team lead with over a decade in IT and seven years guiding cross-functional teams through technical transformations at scale. Currently at Avito, he has led Trust & Safety and Ratings & Reviews initiatives, combining deep product-minded architecture with hands-on leadership. He excels at designing scalable platforms for millions of users while improving engineering processes and team performance across backend, frontend, mobile and QA. Pavel blends technical depth in front-end and client software with strategic vision for platform and organizational growth, informed by roles at VK, Nexign and other product-focused teams. He invests in growing people and engineering culture—having formal leadership training and a practical record of mentoring and process optimization. Based in Malaga, he pairs Russian technical roots and ML exposure with a pragmatic approach to aligning technology with business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Introduction to Machine Learning, Introduction to Machine Learning at HSE & Yandex DA School
Master's degree, Automated systems of information processing and management, 5, Master's degree, Automated systems of information processing and management, 5 at Siberian Automobile And Highway University – SibADI
Course on leadership skills and soft-skills development., Took 2nd place in exam competition, Course on leadership skills and soft-skills development., Took 2nd place in exam competition at School of Team Leaders and Mentors, VK
English