Viktor Kocherga
Lead Consultant at Thoughtworks
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolViktor Kocherga is a seasoned software leader based in Berlin with 15+ years of engineering roots and nine years in senior and leadership roles across fintech and e-commerce. Currently a Lead Consultant at Thoughtworks, he has scaled backend platforms and engineering teams at Spotcap and Zalando, including leading Scala backend efforts and a stint as SVP of Technology. Viktor combines hands-on craftsmanship with strategic oversight—moving from Java developer roles to shaping architecture and delivery for high-throughput systems. His background in physics and electronics informs a pragmatic, data-driven approach to system design and operational resilience. Colleagues know him for translating complex technical challenges into clear, production-ready roadmaps while mentoring engineers through rapid growth and change.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Physics, Electronics and Computer Systems, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Physics, Electronics and Computer Systems at Dnipropetrovs'kij Nacional'nij Universitet
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Github Skills (34)
messaging9
kotlin9
api9
reactive-streams8
openapi8
enterprise-integration8
spring-boot8
alpakka8
swagger8
java8
akka8
linter8
reactive8
golang7
scala7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vitold/alpakka
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
enterprise-integrationalpakkakafkajavaenterprise
vitold/nakadi-client
Dec 2017 - Jun 2018
Haskell Client Library for the Nakadi Event Broker
Contributions:13 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
brokerhaskell-clientclient-libraryhaskellnakadi
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