Resume · July 2026

Yuriy Melnikov

Senior Backend Engineer · Tech Lead · Platform Engineer

I design, build, and operate backend systems where reliability, clarity, and predictable delivery matter. I take ownership across the full engineering lifecycle — from architecture and data modeling to CI/CD, observability, and production operations.

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11+

years of professional engineering experience

40+

microservices in the current platform

3

engineers on the team I lead

Multi-region

architecture behind my own product

Profile

An engineer who takes ownership of the whole system

I bring more than 11 years of professional experience in backend engineering, systems integration, and running production software. My core areas are distributed systems, microservices, APIs, PostgreSQL, and cloud infrastructure.

In my primary role, I lead a small engineering team, make architectural decisions, and own a platform of more than 20 microservices. Alongside that work, I am building Adal, an infrastructure product for transparent and reliable webhook delivery.

Independent product

Adal — transparent webhook delivery

Founder & Platform Engineer

Adal receives, stores, inspects, routes, and redelivers webhooks without silently modifying their payloads. I own the product end to end, including architecture, backend development, infrastructure, CI/CD, deployments, observability, and day-to-day operations.

Visit adal.cloud View the CLI on GitHub

What I have built

01

Designed a multi-region architecture with regional infrastructure, databases, and queues.

02

Implemented deterministic retries, request replay, delivery tracing, and real-time inspection.

03

Built multi-destination delivery with exact forwarding of headers and payloads.

04

Created an open-source Go CLI that forwards webhooks to local environments without open ports, a static IP, or a reverse proxy.

05

Added idempotency keys, response handling, CORS controls, and configurable data-retention policies.

06

Own the complete production lifecycle, from builds and deployments to observability, security, and operations.

Technology stack

Go PHP PostgreSQL Redis Docker Linux WebSocket Cloudflare Object storage

Experience

Selected professional experience

These roles and projects best reflect the scope of my current work, from hands-on backend engineering to technical leadership and platform operations.

March 2025 — Present

LT Management

Senior Backend Engineer · Infrastructure Lead

My primary full-time role combines backend engineering, technical leadership, and ownership of the production infrastructure behind internal product systems.

  • Lead a team of three engineers across architecture, work breakdown, code review, quality, and delivery.
  • Develop and evolve an internal platform comprising more than 20 Node.js microservices backed by PostgreSQL.
  • Replaced manual deployments and rollbacks with reproducible GitLab CI/CD pipelines, enabling weekly releases and controlled rollbacks.
  • Own containerization, server configuration, production access, monitoring, and overall system reliability.

Node.js, Go, Java, PostgreSQL, Docker, Linux, GitLab CI, microservices

September 2016 — Present

Independent Consulting & Contract Work

Backend Engineer

Ongoing commercial work across fintech, insurance, e-commerce, media, and enterprise software.

  • Build backend services and REST APIs for web-based and enterprise applications.
  • Integrate payment, insurance, and internal business systems.
  • Design data models and optimize SQL across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and Redis.
  • Improve established production systems through refactoring, troubleshooting, and reliability work.

PHP, Symfony, Go, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, Docker

2014 — 2025

Earlier Product Roles

Backend Engineering & Software Implementation

Backend and implementation experience spanning construction, fintech, media, e-commerce, insurance, and banking software.

  • Developed the backend of an internal ERP platform for a construction business and helped build a Symfony product from the ground up.
  • Worked on internal financial systems, media products, and integrations with e-commerce marketplaces.
  • Spent more than three years at Carcopy developing backend services and automating data exchange with external platforms.
  • Started my career implementing and supporting banking software, including regional rollouts and user training.

PHP, Symfony, REST APIs, XML, JSON, SQL, CI/CD, banking and insurance integrations

Expertise

Engineering expertise

Backend

  • Go and gRPC
  • PHP 8 and Symfony
  • Node.js
  • Java
  • REST APIs and WebSocket

Architecture

  • Distributed systems
  • Microservice architecture
  • Multi-region infrastructure
  • API design
  • Third-party systems integration

Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL and MariaDB
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • SQL, indexing, and query optimization

Platform & Delivery

  • Docker and containerization
  • Linux and NGINX
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Cloudflare and object storage
  • Monitoring and logging

Leadership

  • Architecture and technical direction
  • Project and task breakdown
  • Code review
  • Quality and delivery ownership
  • Technical documentation

Education

Education and languages

2025 — 2028

Moscow Institute of Technology

Bachelor's degree, in progress

Applied Computer Science · Web and Mobile Application Technologies

2016 — 2020

Institute of Law

Bachelor's degree

Law

2003 — 2007

College of Technology and Service

Vocational diploma

Software for Computer and Automated Systems

Contact

Let's talk about your product, platform, or toughest backend challenge

Open to technical leadership, backend, and platform engineering roles, as well as collaborations around infrastructure products.

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