Summary
Yuri Ostapchuk is a founder and seasoned software engineer with over a decade in development and six years focused on data-driven and ML applications, now building ergonomics and productivity tools for technical users through his venture codefastdieyoung. His background spans data engineering, real-time sensor fusion and target tracking for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and leading teams to deliver recommendation systems, TTS, and AdTech pipelines. He’s taught functional and streaming programming in Scala and lectured on Hedera fundamentals, reflecting strong foundations in functional programming and distributed systems. Yuri blends hands-on implementation with product-minded ergonomics—an uncommon mix that surfaces in custom hardware-software integrations and tooling designed to maximize human–computer performance. Based in Kyiv, he has repeatedly pivoted to mission-critical projects during crisis, including building a full-text search system to coordinate volunteer efforts for the AFU.
3 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Applied Mathematics, Master's degree Applied Mathematics at State University 'Lviv Polytechnics'
Data Science, Data Science at UCU Data Science Summer School
Ukrainian, English, Spanish