Sergey Ivanov is a backend team lead with eight years of experience building and scaling PHP and Node.js services, currently leading backend engineering at Mail.ru Group. He has deep hands-on expertise in web architecture, API integrations, and performance optimization across high-traffic projects, with a strong background in Symfony, Laravel, Postgres, Redis, RabbitMQ and testing automation. Sergey progressed from PHP web developer roles to leading teams and shaping system architecture, regularly driving code reviews, refactoring, and developer coaching. His academic grounding in applied mathematics and management informs a methodical approach to SRS-driven design and service-oriented architectures. Also versed in CV and ML/DL topics from his GitHub bio, he brings an uncommon blend of backend engineering and interest in machine learning applied to production systems. Based in Innopolis, he combines large-company experience with startup-era agility learned at multiple fast-moving product teams.
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Sergey Ivanov - Team Lead Backend at Mail.ru Group