Vladimir Shin
Founder at Mentora
Seoul, South Korea
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Top SchoolVladimir Shin is a founder and seasoned technology leader with 11 years of experience building high-growth consumer and B2B products across mobility, beauty e-commerce, health-tech and fintech. He has led engineering and product teams from early-stage startups to acquisition and scale, driving $70M+ ARR expansions, a $850k B2C launch in Korea, and new B2B channels while keeping operational reliability (99.999% uptime, 0% app crashes). A hands-on architect, he migrated monoliths to event-driven microservices, implemented zero-discrepancy financial reconciliation systems, and shipped AI-native features like an email agent that cut complaints and lead time ~70%. Based in Seoul and originally trained in management, he blends founder-level strategic thinking with deep systems engineering across Java/Scala ecosystems and real-time protocols. He’s also a community builder—running a Korea-focused startup newsletter and mentoring founders—while currently exploring human-centered health-tech at Mentora. Colleagues describe him as a practical dreamer: a relentless learner who scales teams and systems without losing focus on product impact.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Management, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Management, Bachelor of Science at Tashkent Architecture and Civil Engineering Institute
Russian, German, English, Uzbek, Korean
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Github Skills (33)
lagom10
reactive9
java9
scala9
akka9
playframework9
microservices8
distributed-systems8
jvm8
sbt6
sbt-plugin5
docker4
rpm4
spring4
spring-boot3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
vladimirshin/lagom
May 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:17 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
jvmmicroservicesreactive-microservicesjavareactive
vladimirshin/scte30
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:16 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 23 days
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