Viktor Melnik
Staff Software Engineer at HungerStation | هنقرستيشن
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolViktor Melnik is a Staff Software Engineer based in Dubai with 13 years of experience building backend systems and shaping platform architecture across fast-moving marketplaces and delivery platforms. He has progressed from PHP developer and founder roles to senior and principal engineering positions at companies like foodpanda, foodora, Property Finder, Rain and currently HungerStation, consistently focusing on reliability, security and business-aligned delivery. Viktor pairs hands-on engineering—evidenced by his work on an AES256-enabled Doctrine encryption bundle—with architectural leadership, improving processes and cross-cultural teams in multiple countries. He brings a practical blend of systems thinking and domain curiosity, often digging into security and data protection details that many architects leave to others.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Reserve Lieutenant, Maintenance of anti-air missile systems, Reserve Lieutenant, Maintenance of anti-air missile systems at Sevastopol Naval InstituteBE, Computer Engineering, BE, Computer Engineering at Sevastopol State Technical University
Russian, English, Ukrainian
Github Skills (10)
doctrine10
aes-encryption10
php10
dependency-injection10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
annotate9
annotations9
security9
configuration-management9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vmelnik-ukraine/DoctrineEncryptBundle
Oct 2012 - Apr 2014
Bundle allows you to create doctrine entities with fields that will be protected by encryption algorithms such as AES
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Viktor primarily focused on developing and maintaining the backend logic of a Doctrine-based encryption bundle. Their contributions involved the creation and modification of core components, including the subscriber that handles encryption/decryption of entities and the implementation of an AES256 encryptor. The user updated the configuration options and implemented the preUpdate event for encrypting data during updates. These changes demonstrate expertise in security and Doctrine integration.
encryption-algorithmsprotectedaesbundlephp
vmelnik-ukraine/BashExamples
Jan 2013 - Feb 2013
Contributions:12 commits in 1 month
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