Summary
Vlad Aleksandrov is a Principal Software Engineer based in Calabasas, CA with over 20 years of software development experience and 11 years in senior engineering and platform architecture roles. He specializes in designing and delivering scalable, mission-critical web and real-time big data systems, with deep expertise in client/server, OOP, and high-performance distributed architectures. At MyLife.com he led the decomposition of a monolith into microservices (API-first, loosely coupled) and introduced technologies like Aerospike and Elasticsearch to improve performance and scalability. He combines a pragmatic focus on clean code, design patterns, and testing with hands-on debugging of difficult production issues and full lifecycle delivery. Known for mentoring teams and evolving platform strategy, Vlad balances technical leadership with active coding—samples of his work are available in his projects. His background in electronic engineering and long tenure across consumer internet and SaaS products give him a systems-minded approach to solving complex engineering problems.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
MS Degree in Electronic Engineering Computer Modeling in Engineering, MS Degree in Electronic Engineering Computer Modeling in Engineering at Taganrog State Radio Technical University
German, English, Russian, French