Valentin Taranenko is a pragmatic engineering leader and CTO with over a decade of experience building consumer mobile and AI-driven products end-to-end. He has progressed from hands-on Android development at scale (including work on Hornet’s 15M-user social app) to leading mobile teams and product engineering as Head of Mobile and Senior Software Engineer. Now steering technology at Magika, he blends product-minded architecture with operational delivery, having founded and led startups earlier in his career. Based in Ukraine, he brings a strong academic foundation in IT and physics and a proven track record of shipping reliable mobile experiences across diverse markets. Colleagues describe him as a builder who moves smoothly between coding, team leadership, and strategic roadmaps—preferring concrete metrics over buzzwords. His GitHub persona hints at a coder-first approach: hands-on, iterative, and focused on shipping working software.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master, IT, physics, networks, developing, Master, IT, physics, networks, developing at Taurida 'V. I. Vernadskiy' National University, Simferopol
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Valentin Taranenko - Chief Technology Officer at Magika