Full-stack engineer with 15+ years of experience building scalable web applications and REST APIs. Product-minded, with a track record owning end-to-end delivery—from system design to user experience—especially in early-stage environments that value high ownership and fast iteration. I enjoy tackling a wide variety of problems, from data scalability to customer engagement, and I produce clear, maintainable, well-documented code. I leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering efficiency and thrive working independently in Agile teams.

Elena Kondrateva

Full-stack engineer with 15+ years of experience building scalable web applications and REST APIs. Product-minded, with a track record owning end-to-end delivery—from system design to user experience—especially in early-stage environments that value high ownership and fast iteration. I enjoy tackling a wide variety of problems, from data scalability to customer engagement, and I produce clear, maintainable, well-documented code. I leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering efficiency and thrive working independently in Agile teams.

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Full-stack engineer with 15+ years of experience building scalable web applications and REST APIs. Product-minded, with a track record owning end-to-end delivery—from system design to user experience—especially in early-stage environments that value high ownership and fast iteration.

I enjoy tackling a wide variety of problems, from data scalability to customer engagement, and I produce clear, maintainable, well-documented code. I leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering efficiency and thrive working independently in Agile teams.

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Senior Web Developer / Software Engineer at Speed Curve Ltd. (remote) / Embrace Mobile
April 1, 2018 - November 30, 2020
Led full-scale migration of multiple production workloads from on-prem dedicated servers to cloud infrastructure. Built backend systems, reporting dashboards, and third-party integrations. Designed and optimized high-volume data pipelines powering web performance insights. Designed and optimized RESTful APIs consumed by front-end and partner integrations. Ensured smooth server/service operation across complex monitoring infrastructure. Contributed to overall product architecture and technical roadmap. Refactored legacy codebases to improve scalability, multitenancy, and maintainability. Improved deployment workflows by introducing CI/CD pipelines. Collaborated with UX designers and stakeholders to enhance product usability. Integrated AI-assisted development workflows to improve productivity in debugging, refactoring, and code generation.
Senior Web Developer / Software Engineer at Speed Curve Ltd. (remote) / Embrace Mobile, Portland, OR (remote)
April 1, 2018 - November 30, 2020
Led full-scale migration of multiple production workloads from on-premises dedicated servers to cloud infrastructure. Built backend systems, reporting dashboards, and third-party integrations. Designed and optimized RESTful APIs used by front-end and partner integrations. Ensured smooth service operation across complex monitoring infrastructure. Contributed to product architecture and technical roadmap; refactored legacy codebases for scalability, multitenancy, and maintainability. Improved deployment workflows by introducing CI/CD pipelines and collaborated with UX designers and stakeholders to enhance product usability. Integrated AI-assisted development workflows to boost productivity for debugging, refactoring, and code generation (SDD).
Senior PHP Developer / Senior Developer (contractor) at Ignition Digital Ltd. / IdeaHQ Ltd.
December 1, 2014 - May 31, 2017
Performed full-stack web development including analysis, development, testing, debugging, documentation, and peer reviews. Delivered multi-core features and enhancements for a social network platform, developed e-commerce landing pages and customer-facing features, and implemented member account functionality with secure third-party service integration and UI automation for a retirement savings provider. Worked across backend and frontend responsibilities using PHP and common web frameworks and tooling.
Senior Full Stack Developer at Web tools Health Ltd.
September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2017
Designed and built healthcare web sites and applications. Contributed as part of a subteam with varied front-end/back-end responsibilities (primarily PHP backends and ReactJS frontends on AWS), and suggested process improvements to streamline tasks and increase efficiency. Notable work included: integration of third-party APIs and major feature delivery for a COVID-19 engaged care adverse events notification solution; building/iterating backend modules and enhancements for an app providing information for health workers; enabling large hospitals to shift from paper-based audits to a digital real-time solution via backend reporting systems, APIs, UI, and backend migration to Laravel; building a patient engagement app with pharmacy API integration; enabling travel insurance customers to access a medical health summary from their GP with ReactJS front-end, APIs, and major backend refactoring to support multitenancy.
Senior PHP Developer, Senior Developer Contractor at Ignition Digital Ltd. / IdeaHQ Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2017
Full-stack development including analysis, implementation, testing, debugging, documentation, and peer reviews. Developed multiple core features and enhancements for Neighbourly (social network), including graph reporting, bulk features, and multiple third-party integrations. Built custom landing pages for Pet.co (e-commerce). Implemented member account part of the kiwi saver provider site for GenerateKiwisave and retirement savings, with secure integration of a third-party service and UI automation.
Senior Full Stack Developer at Web tools Health Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand (remote)
September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2017
Designed and built websites and web applications for the healthcare sector. Supported web-related systems as part of a sub-team with responsibilities across both front-end and back-end development (mainly PHP backends and ReactJS front ends) on AWS environments. Recommended process and task streamlining for efficiency. Notable work included: aged care adverse events notification software with third-party API integration; COVID-19 information module/back-end improvements; Nadia App enabling large hospitals to shift from paper-based audits to a digital real-time solution including reporting backend, APIs, UI, and migration to Laravel; Heartbeat enabling travel insurance customers to access GP-provided Medical Health Summaries, including React front end, APIs, and major backend refactoring to support multitenancy; Well.co patient engagement app with pharmacy API integration.
Various Web Developer / PHP Programmer
December 1, 2007 - May 31, 2013
Various Web Developer / PHP Programmer at Various employers (details not provided)
December 1, 2007 - May 31, 2013
Worked in multiple PHP programming roles including full-stack web development. (Company names and specific project details are not provided in the resume text.)

Education

Diploma of Web Development (Level 6) at Natcoll Design Technology, Auckland
February 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012
Bachelor of Civil Law at Russian Academy of Justice, Khabarovsk
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2007
Diploma of Web Development (Level 6) at Natcoll Design Technology, Auckland
February 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012
Bachelor of Civil Law at Russian Academy of Justice, Khabarovsk
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2007

Qualifications

Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer
January 1, 2014 - August 24, 2026
Zend Certified Engineer
January 1, 2013 - August 24, 2026
PHP 5.3
January 1, 2008 - August 24, 2026
Computer Training Centre at Bauman Moscow State Technical University — Professional Programming PHP5
January 1, 2008 - August 24, 2026
Computer Training Centre at Bauman Moscow State Technical University — PHP Programming Fundamentals
January 1, 2008 - August 24, 2026
Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer
January 1, 2014 - August 24, 2026
Zend Certified Engineer PHP 5.3
January 1, 2013 - August 24, 2026
Certificate “Professional Programming PHP5”
January 1, 2008 - August 24, 2026
Certificate “PHP Programming Fundamentals”
January 1, 2008 - August 24, 2026

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Software & Internet

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