I’m Olek­siiy Babenko, a .NET/AWS technology leader with 25+ years of experience building and scaling high-load systems and leading cross-functional teams. I’ve delivered large programs across Fusion and AriannaPlus ecosystems, and I enjoy driving both technical direction and execution discipline. Recently I’ve been focused on .NET 10 migration and AWS AI integration (including Bedrock), plus performance improvements and coaching teams on Scrum practices, code reviews, and mentoring to raise engineering quality.

Babenko

I’m Olek­siiy Babenko, a .NET/AWS technology leader with 25+ years of experience building and scaling high-load systems and leading cross-functional teams. I’ve delivered large programs across Fusion and AriannaPlus ecosystems, and I enjoy driving both technical direction and execution discipline. Recently I’ve been focused on .NET 10 migration and AWS AI integration (including Bedrock), plus performance improvements and coaching teams on Scrum practices, code reviews, and mentoring to raise engineering quality.

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I’m Olek­siiy Babenko, a .NET/AWS technology leader with 25+ years of experience building and scaling high-load systems and leading cross-functional teams. I’ve delivered large programs across Fusion and AriannaPlus ecosystems, and I enjoy driving both technical direction and execution discipline.

Recently I’ve been focused on .NET 10 migration and AWS AI integration (including Bedrock), plus performance improvements and coaching teams on Scrum practices, code reviews, and mentoring to raise engineering quality.

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Language

English
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German
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Work Experience

Lead Software Engineer at Nielsen
July 1, 2025 - Present
Fusion Ecosystem: support and improvements including .NET 10 porting. Integrated AWS Bedrock into Fusion automation workflows using developer productivity tooling (Kiro IDE, Amazon Q). Led onboarding and coaching activities, enforced Scrum practices for teams, and performed code/architecture reviews. Primary tools include VS2022/VS2026, VSCode, C# and .NET (Core), AWS Bedrock, and Redis.
Staff Software Engineer at Nielsen
January 1, 2023 - July 1, 2025
Fusion Ecosystem engineering support and improvements. Conducted hiring and onboarding, maintained technical direction, and coached mentoring for Scrum teams. Worked across C#, .NET Core, C++/Managed, React, AWS services, Redis, and PostgreSQL; contributed to performance and maintainability improvements in the ecosystem.
Project Manager / Program Tech Lead at Nielsen
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2022
Managed 25–40 people across 7 Scrum teams spanning Fusion and AriannaPlus ecosystems. Delivered multiple large-scale program releases (GMD). Coordinated offshore delivery teams in India, Malaysia, and Poland. Owned cross-team optimization (GTOP/PTOC), focusing on collaboration, performance, and maintainability. Worked with C#/.NET 2.0–4.0 era stacks, Silverlight, WCF, MVC/ASP, PostgreSQL/MS SQL Server, and CI tooling such as Jenkins.

Education

MSc Specialist, Social Cybernetics at Kiev T. Shevchenko University
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2000
BSc, Applied Mathematics at Kiev T. Shevchenko University
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1999

Qualifications

ITIL Foundation v3
January 1, 2011 - July 13, 2026
MCP C++ 6.0
January 1, 2011 - July 13, 2026
Nielsen PM Program
January 1, 2012 - July 13, 2026
Big Data: Essentials Certification
January 1, 2026 - July 13, 2026
AI for Project Management
January 1, 2026 - July 13, 2026
AI for Scrum Teams
January 1, 2024 - July 13, 2026
ML for .NET Devs
January 1, 2024 - July 13, 2026
Node.js, Python, Express, React, Rust
January 1, 2024 - July 13, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education

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