Yuriy Tumakha
Scala Developer at HM Revenue & Customs
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolYuriy Tumakha is a seasoned Scala and Java engineer with 10 years’ experience building and optimizing backend systems for public sector and healthcare platforms, currently focused on Valuation Office Agency services at HMRC. He designs resilient microservices and distributed systems using Scala, Akka, Play, and cloud-native tooling, with hands-on experience across Kafka, Cassandra, MongoDB and AWS. His career spans high-throughput telematics and fintech projects where he built multiple microservices from scratch, demonstrating strong API and integration expertise. An active contributor to government-facing open source (notably work on hmrc-email-renderer including bilingual templates), he blends pragmatic code with attention to user-facing content and compliance. Colleagues rely on him for architecting reliable data flows and bridging legacy Java systems with modern Scala patterns. Based in London, he pairs a master’s in computer technologies with a track record of shipping production-grade services under regulatory constraints.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Technologies Faculty, Master's degree, Computer Technologies Faculty at Ternopil State 'Ivan Pul'uj' Technical University
English, Ukrainian
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Github Skills (13)
templater10
template-engine10
email-templates10
scala10
html9
java6
unit-testing6
sbt6
playframework6
spring-mvc6
swagger6
spring6
environment-variables6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hmrc/hmrc-email-renderer
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 8 PRs in 21 days
Contributions summary:Yuriy primarily contributed to the `hmrc-email-renderer` repository by implementing and modifying email templates for the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) contact forms and RALD (Rental and Lease Details) services. Their work involved adding new templates, including Welsh language versions, and updating existing ones with finalized content and parameters, such as "nextStep". The changes encompassed modifications to subject lines, content, and from addresses within the email templates, demonstrating a focus on content and functional correctness of email communications.
hmrc/tenure-cost-and-trade-records
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:79 reviews, 136 PRs, 140 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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