Ivan Demchenko - Technical Lead - IDE Platform

Munich, Germany

Experience

May 2022 - Present

3 years 8 months

Munich, Germany

Technical Lead - IDE Platform

Postman

Led an initiative to develop an IDE extension (VSCode). Created a vision and strategy, gathered and clarified requirements, coded a PoC and performed internal testing.
Responsible for the architectural decisions and tradeoffs.
Coached and organised knowledge sharing sessions with other engineers.
Tech stack: ReactJS, NodeJS, AWS, Docker, TypeScript, Jest, Vitest, VSCode API, git.

Oct 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 3 months

Munich, Germany

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Platform

Personio

Initiated, planned and led the re-architecture of the UI library, resulting in a 30-40% reduction in consumer bundle size and a 60% improvement in developer experience.
Supported multiple teams with front-end architecture decisions.
Facilitated the alignment between different functions (product, design, engineering) in the organisation.
Led, mentored and coached a SCRUM team of 4 engineers.
Tech stack: ReactJS, TypeScript, Storybook, AWS, Jest, git.

May 2019 - Sep 2020

1 year 5 months

Munich, Germany

Lead Software Engineer

InstaMotion Retail GmbH

Supported business needs with architectural decisions that enabled verticals based on NextJS, NodeJS, GraphQL and AWS, helping to gradually phase out the monolithic application.
Led a team of 3-5 engineers, facilitating team bonding and a culture of ownership.
Introduced best practices (code reviews, pair programming, mentoring, knowledge sharing, RFCs).
Initiated, planned, and built a UI library (mono-repository, ReactJS, Styled Components).
Tech stack: ReactJS, TypeScript, NodeJS, Express, RAML, GraphQL, AWS, git.

Jun 2017 - Feb 2019

1 year 9 months

Sydney, Australia

Software Engineer

Atlassian

Built an MVP version of a developer console for extending Atlassian products.
Worked on a solution (architecture and full stack) that brought user content into Atlassian products and handled user authentication.
Performed knowledge sharing sessions (gave talks on RamdaJS, Elm, ReasonML, lambda calculus and category theory) and pair programming.
Helped the team formation processes and facilitated team bonding.
Tech stack: ReactJS, TypeScript, NodeJS, Express, RAML, AWS, git.

Dec 2015 - May 2017

1 year 6 months

Munich, Germany

Software Engineer

AutoScout24

Implemented some of the most complicated UI components as part of the core front-end team.
Helped build the distribution system for the UI library to address the high-load of micro-frontends architecture, availability and consistency problems.
Mentored other teams through pair programming and front-end best practices.
Explored functional programming and category theory in depth.
Tech stack: JavaScript, AWS, Scala, git.

Oct 2014 - Nov 2015

1 year 2 months

Munich, Germany

Software Engineer

ysura GmbH

Optimised performance to meet tight performance budgets in a mobile-/offline-first, in-browser CRM for the pharmaceutical industry.
Built a CSS framework for a specific use case in close collaboration with designers.
Mentored junior engineers and coached senior engineers through knowledge sharing.
Tech stack: JavaScript, TypeScript (AngularJS), git.

Jun 2011 - May 2014

3 years

Kyiv, Ukraine

Software Engineer

Ciklum

Developed solutions using PHP and JavaScript frameworks (KnockoutJS, AngularJS) for outsourcing and consulting projects.
Collaborated in teams to deliver client requirements.
Tech stack: PHP, JavaScript (KnockoutJS, AngularJS), git.

Aug 2009 - Jun 2011

1 year 11 months

Kyiv, Ukraine

Co-founder/Software Engineer

SpektrInterGroup

Co-founded a rapid website development studio and delivered web projects using PHP and JavaScript.
Managed studio operations and technical direction.
Tech stack: PHP, JavaScript.

Jan 2006 - Dec 2009

4 years

Odesa, Ukraine

Freelancer

Provided web development services using PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS for various clients.
Managed end-to-end project delivery and client communication.

Summary

Technical lead, developer and architect with more than 10 years of professional experience taking end-to-end ownership of products & solutions from architecture to team building to a launched product.
Experienced in building and managing teams that use web and cloud technologies to create great products.
Eager to learn and a self-education addict, keeping abreast of both cutting-edge and fundamental disciplines.
Committed to remote and on-site teamwork and knowledge sharing.
Believes that openness and transparency build trust, and trust improves performance.