Sergei Svitkov is an experienced IT Team Leader and senior software engineer based in Cyprus with 11 years in backend development and 7+ years focused on high-load, streaming data and distributed systems. He leads and mentors Scala teams while remaining hands-on—driving architecture changes, stabilizing analytics services, and resolving critical incidents. His technical toolkit spans Scala (ZIO, Akka), Go, Kafka, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, Docker, and Kubernetes, with strong CI/CD practice using GitLab. Sergei has a track record building data-streaming microservices for data-science workloads and modernizing legacy systems into more resilient, observable platforms. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic performance optimization and for bridging team leadership with deep implementation expertise. Outside work he projects a relaxed, positive vibe—good at keeping teams focused without losing sight of morale.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Software and Administration of Information Systems, Bachelor's degree, Software and Administration of Information Systems at Saint Petersburg State University
IntelliJ plugin for visualization of VCS changes statistics.
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