Vsevolod Goloviznin is a pragmatic technology leader with 11 years of hands-on engineering and product experience, currently heading Development at Emex Group and previously scaling engineering teams and platforms across gaming and search domains. He blends backend and data engineering expertise with people leadership—growing teams tenfold, launching international products, and steering complex legacy modernizations while remaining a regular contributor to production code. As founder-CEO of Metarank Labs he turned a prototype into an open-source Learn-to-Rank engine with a global user base (2,000+ GitHub stars), reflecting a knack for shipping ML-infused infrastructure. Comfortable in fast-moving, low-bureaucracy environments, he focuses on aligning technical choices with business outcomes and reducing time-to-market. Outside work he balances high-velocity hobbies—football, motorbikes, diving and skiing—suggesting the same appetite for risk, precision and teamwork that he brings to engineering.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology at Sevastopol State Technical University
A low code Machine Learning personalized ranking service for articles, listings, search results, recommendations that boosts user engagement. A friendly Learn-to-Rank engine
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Data Engineer
Contributions:3 reviews, 100 commits, 81 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Vsevolod's commits primarily focus on modifying and enhancing the `metarank` codebase, which is a low-code machine-learning ranking service. The changes include updates to the event processing pipeline, file source implementations, and validation processes, suggesting involvement in data ingestion and processing. These modifications, particularly within the `FileEventSource` and validation modules, show a focus on handling different file formats and data integrity. The code also indicates involvement with features, data types, and API interactions, indicating backend and data engineering skills.
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Vsevolod Goloviznin - Head Of Development at Emex Group