Andrey Galko

Andrey Galko

Software Engineer in Europe, He/him

About

Software Engineer with 8+ years of expertise in designing and developing innovative products in startups. Proven track record in leading development teams and implementing user-centric solutions across web, mobile, and cloud platforms. Passionate about leveraging cutting- edge technologies to drive business growth.

Work Experience

2022 — Now

Led a team of 3 front-end developers in implementing gamified social and interior design interfaces that drove a 180% increase revenue. Spearheaded a comprehensive codebase overhaul. Collaborated cross-functionally with product and design teams.

  • Took ownership of web application, starting as complimentary to mobile app and then developing into more professional solution for interior design

  • Led big codebase revamp moving from outdated React and create-react-app versions to Next targeting implementation of SSR and SSG resulting in improved SEO metrics. Spearheaded big efforts of speed and performance optimisation, leading to Lighthouse score improving by 200%.

  • Was in charge of efforts that directly affected business metrics: implementation of subscriptions and extension of payments along the app, making them faster and more robust.

  • Interviewed and hired new engineers for my team to accelerate development process.

Techologies: React, Redux, Sass, Lottie, Styled Components, Next, Strapi, Stripe, Parse, React Query, pixi.js, three.js

2022 — 2022

Orchestrated engineering & development of next-gen social platform, overseeing ideation/implementation of innovative features enabling meaningful digital connections. Directed product vision & roadmap, assembling a talented team to deliver cohesive, user-centric experience.

  • Led development of social application from scratch, defined architecture and engineering approaches for web app, as well as browser extensions (Chrome, Safari)

  • Interviewed & hired people for the development team

  • Tightly collaborated with design & product and participated in design process

Technologies: Next, Node, React, Tailwind, Vercel, Jotai, Prisma, AWS, Algolia, Twitter API, Google API, SWR

2020 — 2022

Played a crucial role in development of iOS app and web payment app, streamlining P2P payments in UAE. Drove innovative UX using Swift/SwiftUI, collaborated cross- functionally with product and design. Shaped technical strategy. Was instrumental in getting the product to market.

  • As a first developer on mobile team, I bootstrapped development of the crucial product: mobile app on iOS. Having no experience with Swift and SwiftUI, I learned on the go and built biggest part of the app.

  • Collaborated with designer to come up with the best possible approach to provide money transfer and management functionality.

  • Contributed to Android app by adding Google Pay integration, and backend by fixing a number of bugs.

  • Led development of customer-facing web applications: main website and payment links application.

Technologies: Swift, Swift UI, Kotlin, TypeScript, Gatsby, React, SCSS, Apollo, GraphQL, HTML, CSS, Node, PostgreSQL

2019 — 2020
Moscow, Russia

Joined pioneering team of on of first neobanks, Rocketbank, disrupting digital banking. Started on mobile, then led front- end department of web apps, shaping innovative solutions that transformed customer experience. Played pivotal technical leadership role.

  • Communicated with product and design teams to find the best approach to implement new features in an existing codebase

  • Developed UI interactions with React Native, focusing on animations and performance

  • Cooperated with native iOS and Android development teams to securely integrate banking systems and heavy native components in React Native codebase

  • Led front-end development team during big redesign project, which included huge style revamp, blog implementation and landing pages for new product features

Technologies: React, React Native, Objective-C, Redux, Strapi, Gatsby, Styled Components, JavaScript, Flow

2018 — 2019
Minsk, Belarus

Collaborated directly with clients as a part of an outsourcing development team, leveraging expertise to accelerate their engineering process and achieve business goals. Delivered tailored solutions that drove measurable impact across diverse projects.

  • Communicated with various clients and their product teams to understand core needs of their businesses and plan development activities

  • Adjusted to client's needs and processes to seamlessly integrate into their teams

  • Developed numerous systems including big B2B marketplace, retail customer journey tracking system, sales lead search tooling and more

Technologies: React, Redux, Angular, HTML, CSS, Canvas, Node, Express, JavaScript, Typescript, GraphQL

2015 — 2018
Full Stack Engineer at Freelance

Developed diverse portfolio including complete social network platform, mobile/desktop/wearable apps. Delivered comprehensive end-to-end solutions across domains, creating innovative, responsive digital experiences for clients.

  • Communicated with non-technical client to gather hight-level requirements

  • Created vision for technical architectures and find best approach to bring different products to life

  • Led the whole development process

  • Delivered products to web, App Store and Google Play

Technologies: React, React Native, Objective C, PHP, Laravel, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Node, Redux, MobX, MySQL, AntD, JavaScript, TypeScript

Projects

2018
Simple Customs

Back-end and Front-end for simplifying document flow in goods import/export sector.

2017
Just Story

Back-end, Front-End and Mobile App for social service where anyone could submit their fun life stories and get them published both on the app and popular page in social networks.

Side Projects

2020

Designed, developed, and self-published smart food diary app to help users be mindful of their nutrition. Leveraged data analytics to provide insights. 4.5-star rating, 20k+ downloads. Real-world impact.

Speaking

2022
Prototyping with WebView using the example of generating beautiful QR codes at Ural Digital Weekend
Perm, Russia

Contact

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