Summary
Vlad Mikhailov is a senior software engineer with 13+ years of production experience and over a decade specializing in Ruby on Rails-driven web applications. He builds robust billing and subscription systems for SaaS, repeatedly architecting integrations with Stripe, PayPal and other gateway providers to turn complex pricing models into predictable revenue. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs Rails, Turbo/Hotwire and PostgreSQL backend expertise with modern front-end work in React and Svelte and background systems using Sidekiq and RabbitMQ. His recent work includes launching a company-focused data transformation service integrating DLT and LLMs and shipping contextual in-app navigation and personalization engines that preserve user flow. Vlad’s track record spans e-commerce, healthcare, sports and IoT, and he often tackles the “boring but important” reliability and security work that makes scaling possible. Based in Tbilisi, he combines hands-on implementation with pragmatic product thinking—frequently turning billing complexity into measurable business outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Br Computer Science Applied Mathematics, Br Computer Science Applied Mathematics at State University of Nizhni Novgorod named after N.I. Lobachevsky (UNN)
English, Spanish, Russian