Valentin Kazakov is a product-focused technologist with 9 years of experience building and managing software products across DeFi, Web3, and crypto exchange domains. Currently a Product Manager at BEQUANT, he combines hands-on Python development and research with product strategy—leading integrations for Direct DeFi access, automated fee management POCs, and a self-service onboarding redesign. He has deep operational experience running small engineering teams, instituting Agile practices, and shipping end-to-end systems from his founder days at a cloud game-server startup to enterprise logistics and ITSM platforms. Comfortable bridging business stakeholders and engineers, Valentin also brings data-driven reporting expertise (Tableau, Redash) and a track record of pragmatic prototyping using Python, Django and modern front-end stacks. Notably, he blends product ownership with low-level system design experience (custom queues, WebSockets, Tarantool) that helps him evaluate trade-offs others might miss.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Specialist degree (MA-equivalent), Business Informatics, Specialist degree (MA-equivalent), Business Informatics at Higher School of Economics
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