Software Engineer / Aleksandr

17+ years of experienceNovi Sad, RS

Full-stack developer with 5+ years of production Rust and Python experience, plus 20+ years in technology overall spanning system administration, test automation leadership, and independent software development. 2 years of focused Web3/Ethereum engineering as founder of a non-custodial staking startup, building backend infrastructure through to polished frontend UX. Security-conscious and automation-first, equally comfortable shipping full-stack products solo or working within a team. Track record includes leading engineering teams (Yandex), building a startup from zero to MVP (Orbe.fi), and a decade of freelance client work. Fluent in English (B2/C1), native in Russian; open to remote and hybrid roles.

Full-stack founder experience: Built and operated Orbe.fi, a non-custodial Ethereum staking platform, single-handedly architecting the Rust backend (Axum, Tokio, Alloy) and observability stack while coordinating on a Next.js/TypeScript frontend — proof of end-to-end ownership from infrastructure to product.
Deep Rust specialization: 5+ years of active, production Rust experience across web services (Axum, Sqlx), Web3 tooling (Alloy), desktop/cross-platform apps (Tauri, Yew, GTK+), and game development (Bevy ECS) — versatile across domains, not just one niche.
2 years dedicated Web3/Ethereum development: Direct experience building staking infrastructure with Viem/Wagmi and Rust-based Ethereum tooling, on top of 9+ years of Ethereum/crypto exposure as a user — rare combination of protocol fluency and shipping experience.
DevOps and automation at scale: Introduced DevOps practices and led CI/CD adoption (Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab CI) at Yandex, plus hands-on use of Docker, Ansible, and Grafana/Loki for automated deployment and monitoring of distributed systems.
Security- and infrastructure-minded engineering background: 20+ years of Linux/Windows/FreeBSD systems administration and 5+ years of dedicated sysadmin work, giving him an operational, security-first perspective that most application developers lack.
Team leadership plus independent execution: Managed a test automation engineering team at Yandex on large-scale OpenStack/Docker/Ansible systems, while also proving he can independently deliver complete products as a freelancer for over a decade — flexible for both IC and lead roles.
Cross-domain versatility with a builder's curiosity: Comfortable moving between game development (Bevy), fintech/Web3 infrastructure, desktop applications, and backend services — driven by genuine interest in technology's impact, not just task completion.

2023 — 2025

Founder, Developer

Orbe.fi

Developed non-custodial Ethereum staking infrastructure-as-a-service from zero to MVP
Built full-stack solution using Rust (Axum, Tokio, Alloy, Opentelemetry, Sqlx)
Implemented frontend with TypeScript (Next.js, React, Auth.js, Viem, Wagmi)
Set up monitoring with Grafana/Loki, deployment with Docker, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD

2022 — 2023

Game Developer

Freelance

Developed proof-of-concept turn-based strategy game using Rust (Bevy, Bevy ECS)

2017 — 2022