Summary
Petro Sokolnykov is a pragmatic backend team lead with 11 years of experience building and operating full‑stack web systems, currently leading backend engineering at Blue Style in Prague. He combines deep PHP framework expertise (Laravel, Nette, Yii) with hands‑on Linux, Docker and CI/CD administration to deliver reliable, scalable APIs and background processing. Petro has repeatedly owned system architecture, database optimization (MySQL/MariaDB/SQL Server) and search integrations (ElasticSearch, Sphinx), while also mentoring teams and running code reviews to raise quality. His background spans payment integrations, multi‑client APIs (Web/iOS/Android) and complex web stacks including Redis, HAProxy and GraphQL, reflecting both developer and ops fluency. An unusual detail: alongside technical degrees he studied youth ministry, hinting at strong communication and people leadership that complements his technical depth.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Youth Ministry, Bachelor's degree, Youth Ministry at Kyiv Theological Seminary
Master's degree, Computer Systems and Networks, Master's degree, Computer Systems and Networks at Sevastopol State Technical University
Russian, Ukrainian, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech