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Babenko

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NET/AWS technology leader with 25+ years of experience building and scaling high-load systems and leading cross-functional teams.

About

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.

  • 13 years' experience
  • Joined January 2026

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • GermanBeginner

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services
  • Education

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Work experience

Lead Software Engineer · NielsenJul 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

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 · NielsenJan 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

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 · NielsenJan 2013 – Dec 2022 · 10 yrs

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 · Kiev T. Shevchenko University1999 – 2000
BSc, Applied Mathematics · Kiev T. Shevchenko University1995 – 1999

Certifications and awards· 8

ITIL Foundation v32011 – 2026
MCP C++ 6.02011 – 2026
Nielsen PM Program2012 – 2026
Big Data: Essentials Certification2026

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