Summary
Yerlan B is a software engineering leader with a decade of experience designing and delivering scalable distributed systems for high-stakes testing platforms. As Head of Software Development at the Center for Pedagogical Measurements, he architected .NET Core/Node.js backends and Angular frontends that supported thousands of concurrent users, built proctoring and lockdown clients with Electron.js, and optimized media pipelines to scale to hundreds of simultaneous exam takers. He has a proven track record of integrating third-party assessment systems, leading migrations of large item banks, and using replication techniques to keep services available under heavy load. A hands-on manager and mentor, he combines system architecture, product delivery, and client-facing communication to turn regulatory and operational constraints into reliable production systems. Based in Kazakhstan and grounded in a master’s in computer science from ITMO, Yerlan brings both deep technical know-how and pragmatic leadership to education-technology challenges. Notably, he engineered cost-saving solutions that enabled widescale remote certification during COVID-19 while recording and managing sensitive media at scale.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, 6, Master's degree, Computer Science, 6 at ITMO University
English