Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience scaling teams and systems. Proven track record of building and leading engineering organizations of 40+ developers, architecting cloud-native platforms, and driving technical strategy. Expertise in platform engineering, developer experience, and delivering high-impact infrastructure that accelerates business outcomes. Successfully led digital transformations, reduced time-to-market by 10x, and established engineering best practices across organizations.
Kirill Zhuravlev
Head of Engineering / Technical Lead
Skills
Leadership & Management
- Team Building
- Hiring & Onboarding
- Technical Mentoring
Platform Engineering
- IDP
- DevEx
- PaaS
- Self-Service Infrastructure
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- GCP
- Terraform
- GitOps
- IaC
- OCI
- CNCF
System Architecture
- Distributed Systems
- Microservices
- High Availability
- Cloud-Native Design
DevOps & Automation
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Reproducible Builds
- Configuration Management
Programming Languages
- Go
- Python
Work Experience (6)
Jan 2024 - Current
Head of Platform and BackOffice Engineering
Scalable Solutions
Lead platform engineering initiatives, driving developer experience and infrastructure modernization across the organization. Established platform engineering practices, migrated critical systems to cloud-native architecture, and implemented enterprise-grade internal developer platform serving 100+ engineers.
- Deployed Spotify Backstage as company-wide Internal Developer Platform (IDP)
- Reduced time-to-market from months to days through declarative, spec-driven framework
- Led migration of 12-year-old monolith and 10+ internal services (including Jira) to Kubernetes
- Unified CI/CD workflows, sast, sbom, cosign and speedup by 40%
Apr 2020 - Current
OpenSource Contributor
GitHub
Building developer tools in Go, including Toolset and options-gen. Focused on reproducible environments, CLI tooling, and developer productivity.
Apr 2022 - Jan 2024
Principal Software Architect
Cheelee
Led technical architecture and engineering initiatives for geo-replicated social media platform (like TikTok). Designed and delivered core platform systems including distributed feed, media delivery, and user engagement infrastructure. Established engineering standards and mentored development teams.
- Architected geo-distributed main feed, commenting, sharing, and loyalty systems for millions MAU
- Designed scalable media converter and delivery infrastructure
- Optimized infrastructure costs by 35% through architectural improvements and resource optimization
- Developed and maintained company-wide Golang SDK, establishing coding standards and best practices
Mar 2019 - Feb 2022
Deputy CTO / Head of Engineering
SoftPro
Led engineering organization of software development, driving technical strategy and infrastructure for gaming and live-streaming platform. Responsible for system architecture, team building, data center and studio building, and engineering culture. Delivered mission-critical systems powering live casino operations and video streaming services.
- Built and managed engineering team (40+ engineers) across multiple disciplines
- Architected high-performance live casino platform with studio-grade quality and cloud-scale reliability
- Built broadcast automation, real-time odds calculation, messaging, and storage systems
- Established data center operations managing 400+ servers with 99.9% uptime SLA
Nov 2016 - Sep 2018
Engineering Team Lead
AGIMA
Led development teams delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions for Fortune 500 clients. Architected and managed systems supporting millions of users across retail and automotive sectors.
- Architected dealer management system for Mercedes-Benz covering all dealerships across Asia and CIS regions
- Led mobile application and backend development serving 24,000+ retail stores (Perekrestok and Pyaterochka chains)
- Established agile development practices and technical standards across client engagements
Sep 2008 - Nov 2016
Systems Administrator & Software Developer
Early Career
Broad technical foundation spanning broadcast systems, network administration, web development, and computer science education. Secured multiple grants for technical projects.
- Maintained and supported professional broadcast automation systems
- Developed and maintained web applications and learning management systems
Projects (4)
GitHub: ~10 projects
Feb 2022 - Current
Database proxy, project-related tool manager, codegen for go-options, and more libraries
Live Casino Platform — Studio-Grade, Cloud-Scale
Sep 2024 - Jan 2025
Custom hardware; Cloud-native scalability; Constant Database load; Extensible system - small core with extenstions; Resilient architecture.
Declarative Framework for Back-Office Management Pages
Sep 2024 - Jan 2025
Specification and framework for rapid admin interface creation. UI as code; Reduced new page delivery time 10x.
Real-time transaction reconciliation system
Apr 2024 - Sep 2024
Scalable system for automated reconciliation of banking and financial transactions. Processes tens of millions daily, guarantees auditability, standardizes processes, integrates with various banking systems.
Education (1)
2009 - 2014
Master's degree
Applied Computer Science
Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Sciences (MGUPI)
Publications
Functional options in Go in Habr
Golang and configuration problem