Software Engineer / Oleksi

5+ years of experiencePorto, Portugal

Fintech-focused Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience building high-load trading platforms, exchange infrastructure, backend architecture, and AI-enabled systems. Strong background in low-latency distributed systems, market data processing, order execution, cloud infrastructure, observability, and full-stack delivery.

Skills

  • Backend engineering for high-load fintech, trading, and exchange platforms
  • Low-latency distributed systems, market data processing, and order execution infrastructure
  • AI-enabled trading systems, chatbot infrastructure, and workflow automation
  • Cloud-native infrastructure on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, auto-scaling, observability)
  • Event-driven and CQRS-based architectures for real-time financial systems
  • CI/CD, testing infrastructure, production reliability, and scalability engineering
  • Domain expertise: FinTech, institutional trading, exchange systems, and payment processing

Experience

Apr 2021 — Apr 2026

Software Engineer

Devexperts Portugal
  • Built infrastructure components for an AI chatbot inside a trading platform, enabling AI-assisted interaction with trading workflows and platform data
  • Designed backend integration layers connecting AI-driven workflows with existing trading services, APIs, and user-facing terminal functionality
  • Worked on infrastructure for an AI-based trading bot, supporting bot workflow, its integration with market data, trading logic, and platform services
  • Optimized cloud infrastructure costs by 30% using proper auto-scaling policies and implemented serverless functions with AWS Lambda and API Gateway
  • Designed the matching system in matching engine for OCO orders from scratch and implemented test infrastructure including mocks, fixtures, DSL for end-to-end tests, and CI/CD integration
Oct 2025 - Apr 2026

Software Engineer

Trading Terminal (NDA)
  • Key focus: AI chatbot infrastructure, AI-based trading bot infrastructure, backend integration, trading workflow automation.
  • Built infrastructure components for an AI chatbot inside a trading platform, enabling AI-assisted interaction with trading workflows and platform data.
  • Designed backend integration layers connecting AI-driven workflows with existing trading services, APIs, and user-facing terminal functionality.
  • Worked on infrastructure for an AI-based trading bot, supporting bot workflow, its integration with market data, trading logic, and platform services.
  • Connected AI features with production fintech systems while considering reliability, security boundaries, observability, and operational maintainability.
  • Transform ed AI functionality from experimental/product concepts into production-ready platform components.
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024

Software Engineer

OTC & Equity Trading Platform (Trive).
  • Trading platform for broad usage, including processing of stock market deals and future currency position calculations.
  • Optimized cloud infrastructure costs by 30% using proper auto-scaling policies.
  • Implemented serverless functions with AWS Lambda and API Gateway, improving performance and reducing maintenance overhead.
  • Organized monitoring and logging using AWS CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail, improving infrastructure transparency and operational control.
  • Worked with event-driven and CQRS-based backend architecture for financial transaction processing.
  • Supported production-grade deployment and infrastructure improvements for trading-related services.
Sep 2023 - Jan 2026

Software Engineer

Institutional Trading Exchange (NDA)
  • Institutional trading exchange for financial organizations from multiple countries, supporting real-time order and market data processing.
  • Key focus: AI chatbot infrastructure, backend integration, trading workflow automation.
  • Built infrastructure components for an AI chatbot inside a trading platform, enabling AI-assisted interaction with trading workflows and platform data.
  • Designed backend integration layers connecting AI-driven workflows with existing trading services, APIs, and user-facing terminal functionality.
  • Worked on infrastructure for an AI-based trading bot, supporting integration with market data, trading logic, and platform services.
  • Connected AI features with production fintech systems while considering reliability, security boundaries, observability, and operational maintainability.
  • Contributed across backend and frontend-facing flows to ensure AI functionality could be delivered smoothly to end users.
  • Helped transform AI functionality from experimental/product concepts into production-ready platform components.
Nov 2020 — Apr 2021

Back End Developer

Sberbank
  • Payment card back-office software
  • Created integrations with 3 different payment processing vendors, handling all stages: analysis, development, testing, deployment
  • Participated in the delivery team to customize, deploy and run data migration for payment card back-office software

Education

Sep 2018 — Jul 2022

Bachelor of Software Engineering

Don State Technical University

Contact

Takovska 5, Belgrade, 🇷🇸 Serbia.

Email: [email protected]