Summary
Vlad Alive is a founder and software engineer with 14 years of professional experience building web applications and development teams from Yerevan, Armenia. He founded Ruby Cluster in 2012 and has blended long-term freelance work on Upwork with senior engineering roles at companies like GymCloud and StatusGator, focusing on Ruby and JavaScript stacks, CI/CD, automated testing, and DevOps. Known for turning business goals into actionable tech plans, he regularly conducts code reviews, establishes reliable development workflows, and automates repetitive processes to improve quality and delivery. A lifelong coder who started on a ZX Spectrum at age six, Vlad pairs deep hands-on implementation with people skills—hiring, mentoring, and when needed, making tough staffing decisions. He selectively engages in projects that promise real impact and offers pragmatic ideation (he’ll provide 10 ideas for your case) to help entrepreneurs turn vision into sustainable products.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
German, Greek, English, Polish, Russian, English