Sergey Shevchenko is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with over 15 years of executive experience and a decade of engineering practice, currently serving as CTO at kōura KiwiSaver in Auckland. He combines hands-on full‑stack development—spanning web, APIs, mobile and desktop—with strategic leadership in product delivery, team building, and cross-organisation collaboration. Sergey has a track record of transforming immature systems into scalable, product-ready platforms, including redesigning high-throughput event pipelines and migrating monoliths to microservices. He contributes to open-source, notably improving MySQL/MariaDB compatibility and test quality in the widely used SilverStripe framework, reflecting strong attention to database correctness and CI hygiene. Comfortable leading by example, he pairs rapid prototyping and mentoring with formal best practices to accelerate product outcomes. His background blending founding roles, CTO positions and hands-on coding gives him uncommon depth in both operational execution and long-term technology strategy.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree, Senior Web Developer, Nanodegree, Senior Web Developer at Udacity
Programming, Programming at Kazahskij Nacionalnij Universitet im. Al Farabi
Diploma Level 7, Software Development, Diploma Level 7, Software Development at Aspire2 International
Silverstripe Framework, the MVC framework that powers Silverstripe CMS
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:10 reviews, 18 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Sergey primarily contributed to the Silverstripe Framework, focusing on MySQL database schema management and test enhancements. They fixed issues related to integer width in MySQL versions and added an exception for MariaDB, demonstrating an understanding of database version compatibility. Additionally, the user refactored and enhanced existing tests. They are responsible for merging branches and conforming code with the linter.
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years
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Sergey Shevchenko - Chief Technology Officer at kōura KiwiSaver