Maksim Kudryavtsev

Ozon Tech

Technical Leader • Dec, 2024 — Present

Managed a team of 11 engineers (3 QA, 2 FE, 6 BE). Contributed to cross-team processes in the department. Developed self-organization within the team. Established a process of writing automated tests.

• Optimized latency and error rate thus improved the stability from 98% to 99.8% and hit the targets.
• Resolved the bottleneck at the testing stage by managing priorities and educating the team on how and when to write and use automated tests
• Increased team throughput by about 20% by implementing Agile approach, changes in refinements, review and QA processes

Xsolla

Technical Leader • May, 2023 — Nov, 2024

Managed a team of 5 engineers + 3 interns. Used Kanban method to improve delivery. Worked closely with the product analytics and growth teams. Participated in strategic product decisions. Then moved to a new team working on authentication systems, leading 5 engineers from 3 countries. Formed a knowledge base, defined areas of responsibility, and built discovery & delivery processes from scratch.

• Reduced loading time of the current system from 8s to 1.5s
• Raised the stability of the system from 90% to 98%
• Established a knowledge base, which helped new and current team members understand the nuances and shortened development time by 2 days on average

Xsolla

System Architect • Nov, 2021 — May, 2023

Worked on the internal CRM system and data sync. Integrated new products into the company's countour. Then started a new product from scratch and supervised its technical excellence.

• Increased the efficiency of the front office by about 20-30% by implementing data gathering process and providing the freshest data about our partners
• Designed and oversaw the data decoupling project which cut development time of new features by 2 times
• Provided technical guidance while integrating new CRM. My attendance helped to finish the project in 4 months without harm to existing processes
• Laid a flexible-enough foundation for the new product, which helped the team to launch in only 3 months with 0 critical bugs

Xsolla

Fullstack Engineer • Oct, 2019 — Oct, 2022

Worked on the Automation team. Created internal products to help teams work more effectively. Helped teams integrate. Implemented projects from C-level stakeholders. Then worked on the internal CRM system.

• Incorporated the company's tools into the single ecosystem via public APIs, so that almost all employees used it
• Developed a range of tools for assessors and raised their efficiency by 14-20%
• Reduced loading time of the internal CRM from 12s to 1s

Self-employed

Fullstack Engineer • Apr, 2018 — Oct, 2020

Developed SaaS for designing wooden toys and preparing them for manufacturing.

• Developed high-performance algorithms for SVG parsing and transformation to 3D shapes. Made this process fully automated and reduced processing time by 70%.
• Implemented a detail snap feature, which reduced assembly time by 30%
• Created compressing and cleaning utilities to reduce storage usage by 50%

Kanban University

Kanban Management Professional • 2023

Scaled Agile, Inc.

Certified SAFe 6 Architect • 2023

OTUS

Architecture & Design Patterns • 2020

Perm State University (PSU)

Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science • 2017 — 2021

Giftspyon

• Launched in Aug '25

Wishlist service without an overwhelming interface, advertising or tedious registration.

• Music (guitar, bass, song-writing)
• Tabletop games