I’m a senior front-end/product engineering engineer with 15+ years of experience building large-scale product platforms, design systems, and front-end infrastructure across FinTech, Web3, AI, and SaaS. I focus on strong technical ownership and product mindset—turning technical planning into shippable, user-facing features with a high level of polish. I’ve led front-end initiatives across multi-team engineering orgs, shipped Next.js and React-based products used by millions of users, and integrated LLMs into developer and product workflows (including AI-assisted tooling and internal automation). I’m equally comfortable working fully remote or hybrid in the EU, thrive in async collaboration, and enjoy partnering with design, product, and platform teams where UI craft and product ownership both matter.

Herman Semykozov

I’m a senior front-end/product engineering engineer with 15+ years of experience building large-scale product platforms, design systems, and front-end infrastructure across FinTech, Web3, AI, and SaaS. I focus on strong technical ownership and product mindset—turning technical planning into shippable, user-facing features with a high level of polish. I’ve led front-end initiatives across multi-team engineering orgs, shipped Next.js and React-based products used by millions of users, and integrated LLMs into developer and product workflows (including AI-assisted tooling and internal automation). I’m equally comfortable working fully remote or hybrid in the EU, thrive in async collaboration, and enjoy partnering with design, product, and platform teams where UI craft and product ownership both matter.

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I’m a senior front-end/product engineering engineer with 15+ years of experience building large-scale product platforms, design systems, and front-end infrastructure across FinTech, Web3, AI, and SaaS. I focus on strong technical ownership and product mindset—turning technical planning into shippable, user-facing features with a high level of polish.

I’ve led front-end initiatives across multi-team engineering orgs, shipped Next.js and React-based products used by millions of users, and integrated LLMs into developer and product workflows (including AI-assisted tooling and internal automation). I’m equally comfortable working fully remote or hybrid in the EU, thrive in async collaboration, and enjoy partnering with design, product, and platform teams where UI craft and product ownership both matter.

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Language

English
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Russian
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Ukrainian
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Work Experience

R&D Lead at SDGLab (Social Discovery Group)
January 1, 2026 - June 1, 2026
R&D direction for a social discovery initiative focused on emotional support, loneliness, and social discovery products. Took mobile MVPs from concept to production through A/B tests, built AI-assisted automation around product discovery, research, and marketing workflows, and shipped Trend Watcher—an internal AI-powered signal intelligence tool analyzing Reddit discussions to surface emerging topics and product/marketing hypotheses for founders and product teams.
Frontend Engineer at Pydantic
August 1, 2025 - October 26, 2025
Worked on enhancing the Pydantic platform by building an adapter for Tailwind and Material-UI, updating the marketing website, and improving UI/UX across projects.
Senior Design / Frontend Engineer at Pydantic
May 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025
Developed an internal developer platform that improves engineering visibility from local code to production, spanning APIs and AI calls. Built product features on the main platform and integrated LLM tooling into developer-facing workflows, including an AI-driven SQL query search experience. Evolved the design system and unified UI patterns/branding across multiple projects; integrated Figma MC server and Figma Code Connect into design-to-code AI-assisted workflows. Acted as release manager for a multi-package monorepo, improving release cadence and cross-package consistency.
Senior Design / Front-End Engineer at Pydantic
May 1, 2025 - November 2, 2025
Developer platform enabling engineering teams’ visibility from local code to production (APIs to AI calls). Built product features on the main platform and integrated LLM tooling into developer-facing workflows, including an AI-driven SQL-query search experience. Evolved the Design System and unified UI patterns/branding across multiple Pydantic projects. Integrated Figma MCP server and Figma Code Connect into the design-to-code workflow for AI-assisted UI work. Acted as release manager for a multi-package monorepo to improve release cadence and cross-package consistency.
Software Engineer at Comet Cash
February 1, 2025 - Present
Developing a React Native application for cryptocurrency transactions and supporting the main web platform.
Senior Front-End Engineer at Noones — Senior Software Engineer (Front-End)
December 2, 2024 - Present
P2P crypto platform (2.5M users). Built Next.js product features with SR/SG: ramp/off-ramp flows, dashboards, and wallet-related UI. Implemented Web3 flows with wallet connections, smart contract interactions, and transaction state handling. Integrated front-end applications with microservice-based back-end via APIs. Contributed to and extended a Design System used by multiple product teams with a contribution model for pushing patterns back into the DS.
Senior Software Engineer, Frontend at NoO nes
December 1, 2024 - Present
Built and shipped Next.js product features for a P2P crypto platform with 2.5M+ users, including ramp flows, dashboards, and wallet-related UI. Implemented Web3 flows with wagmi and viem (wallet connections, smart contract interactions, transaction states) and integrated frontend applications with microservice-based backend via APIs. Contributed to a design system used by multiple product teams with a contribution model, and delivered user-facing features that directly moved business metrics.
SeniorFrontend Engineer (Infra Team) at Muse
December 1, 2024 - October 26, 2025
Frontend infrastructure for product teams—web and mobile apps built with TypeScript, React, and React Native. Managing pnpm monorepo architecture. Significantly enhanced app builds and performance (replacing webpack with Vite, using module federation, lazy loading, and caching strategies).
Senior Frontend Engineer at Muse
December 1, 2024 - October 26, 2025
Led frontend infrastructure for product teams with web and mobile apps written in TypeScript, React, and React Native. Managed a pnpm monorepo architecture and significantly improved build performance by migrating from webpack to Vite, enabling module federation, lazy loading, and advanced caching strategies.
Frontend Developer at Muse Group
January 1, 2024 - October 26, 2025
Led the frontend infrastructure for musicians, optimizing CI/CD pipelines and managing monorepo architecture.
Senior Frontend Engineer, Infrastructure Team at Muse Group
December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024
Owned frontend infrastructure across multiple web/mobile applications in a ~30-person engineering org. Managed a monorepo architecture with 80+ packages, created a platform-agnostic design system foundation for both React Native and web, and migrated a monolithic frontend toward independently released modules with dedicated environments. Improved build performance and maintainability through Webpack to Vite migration, lazy loading, caching strategies, and module federation.
Senior Front-End Engineer at Muse Group — Infrastructure Team
December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024
Universal platform for musicians across multiple desktop and mobile applications built in React Native. Owned front-end infrastructure for several web/mobile applications inside a monorepo with 80+ packages. Built platform-agnostic design system foundations across web and React Native using shared libraries and a Figma token/design-to-token workflow. Split a monolithic front-end into independently released modules with dedicated environments and shared design system ownership. Improved build performance and maintainability via Webpack to Vite migration, lazy loading, caching strategies, and module federation.
Frontend Developer at TellSpec
December 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Developed an Ionic mobile application that integrates a real-time sensor device for bio-material analysis.
Frontend Engineer / Developer at TellSpec Ltd.
December 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Developer: implemented subscriptions system; designed and developed Design System from scratch (styled-components) and integrated DS into CRA and NextJS apps. Built a non-custodial crypto multi-currency wallet via React Native; caching with Redis reduced database costs by 20%. Developed dashboards, live chats, and trading features; migrated legacy AngularJS and vanilla JS to React and modular monorepo architecture.
Senior Frontend / Lead Developer at 3Commas
December 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Moved frontend apps from monorepo to micro frontends architecture; developed reusable release management module; automated DevOps with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, reducing deployment times from ~20 minutes to ~5; led testing strategies and performance tuning (unit, integration, end-to-end, accessibility, AB tests).
Lead Engineer at 3Commas.io
July 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Led engineering teams and implemented Agile processes while developing complex features for a crypto trading platform.
Team Lead / Frontend Engineer at TellSpec Ltd.
July 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Team Lead: led two cross-functional teams totaling over 20 engineers, delivering four major projects. Interviewed over 50 candidates, implemented Agile processes, code reviews, and resolved architectural challenges.
Frontend Engineer at TellSpec Ltd.
July 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Delivered features across Billing, Trading, Wallet, and Product for a crypto trading platform; led two cross-functional teams totaling over 20 engineers; interviewed 50+ candidates focusing on algorithms and system design. Implemented Billing and subscriptions, built a Design System (styled-components) for CRA and Next.js apps, and developed a non-custodial multi-currency crypto wallet via React Native. Implemented Redis caching reducing costs by 20%; migrated legacy AngularJS/Vanilla JS to React and separated frontend from common monorepo.
Senior Frontend Developer at Paxful
November 1, 2021 - October 26, 2025
Played a key role in UI/UX development and delivered new features on a peer-to-peer crypto trading platform.
Senior Frontend Developer at Paxful
November 1, 2021 - October 26, 2025
Built high-performance web apps and landing pages with complex features like calculators, sliders, trading views, and trading widgets. Migrated all web projects to Laravel, then implemented SPA architecture using Vue.js.
Senior Frontend Developer at Paxful
November 1, 2021 - October 26, 2025
Built high-performance web apps and landing pages with complex features like calculators, sliders, trading views and widgets. Migrated all web projects to Laravel, then implemented SPA architecture using Vue.js; wrote dozens of jQuery plugins.
Senior Frontend / Lead Developer at 3 Commas
July 1, 2021 - November 1, 2023
Led cross-functional teams totaling 20+ engineers across billing, design system, trading, and wallet. Owned billing, subscriptions, and end-to-end integration for third-party crypto payment providers. Built the design system from scratch with styled components, integrated it into CRA and Next.js apps, and drove adoption across seven product teams. Reduced deployment time from ~20 minutes to ~5 minutes and reduced database costs by ~20% using Redis caching and Redis-like real-time updates (centrifugo-based). Led code reviews, mentoring, technical planning, and hiring (interviewed 50+ candidates).
Senior Front-End / Lead Developer at 3 Commas
July 1, 2021 - November 2, 2023
Crypto trading platform with automated trading tools for several million traders. Led two cross-functional teams totaling 20+ engineers across Billing, Design System, Trading, and Wallet. Owned end-to-end billing, subscriptions, and third-party crypto payment integrations. Built the Design System from scratch using styled-components, integrated it into CRA and Next.js apps, and drove adoption across seven product teams. Reduced deployment time from ~20 minutes to ~5 minutes and cut database costs by ~20% through Redis caching and Centrifugo-based real-time updates. Led code reviews, mentoring, technical planning, and hiring (50+ interviews).
Freelance Markup / Full Stack Developer at Remote (Self-Employed)
October 1, 2018 - October 26, 2025
Focused on JavaScript, JS frameworks, Markup development (HTML, CSS, SASS), and Node.js. Met deadlines 100% of the time, regardless of project size and scope.
Self Employed – Freelance Markup / Full Stack Developer at Remote
October 1, 2018 - October 26, 2025
Focused on JavaScript, JS frameworks, Markup development (HTML, CSS, SASS), and Node.js. Met deadlines 100% of the time, regardless of project size and scope.
Senior Frontend Developer at Paxful
April 1, 2018 - November 1, 2021
Joined as one of the first frontend engineers to establish UI/UX foundations and scale the frontend team. Built a scalable Reactstrap-based design system adopted by multiple product teams with a contribution model. Migrated a legacy AngularJS/vanilla JavaScript codebase to React + TypeScript without blocking product delivery. Shipped key product interfaces including real-time P2P trading chat, order books, crypto calculators, landing pages, and non-custodial wallet UI.
Senior Front-End Developer at Paxful
April 1, 2018 - November 2, 2021
P2P crypto marketplace and wallet serving 10M+ users. Joined as one of the first front-end engineers and helped establish UI/UX foundations. Built a scalable Reactstrap-based Design System adopted by eight product teams through a contribution model. Migrated a legacy AngularJS/vanilla JavaScript codebase to React + TypeScript without blocking product delivery. Built real-time P2P trading chat, order books, crypto calculators, landing pages, and non-custodial wallet interfaces.
Frontend Developer / Full-stack at Admiral Markets AS
April 1, 2018 - October 26, 2025
Built high-performance web apps for a trading platform, migrating projects to Laravel and implementing SPA architecture.
Frontend/ Full Stack Engineer at Admirals (Admiral Markets)
April 1, 2018 - October 26, 2025
Refactored a large portion of jQuery spaghetti code into modular JavaScript. Designed a custom CSS framework and revamped deployment processes to enhance efficiency. Developed a CRM on Angular 2.
Frontend / Full Stack Engineer at Admirals (Admiral Markets)
April 1, 2018 - October 26, 2025
Refactored a large amount of jQuery spaghetti code into modular JavaScript; designed a custom CSS framework and revamped deployment processes to improve efficiency; developed CRM on Angular 2.
Software Engineer at Hansavest IT OU
September 1, 2015 - October 26, 2025
Developed and maintained web applications using modern frontend and backend technologies.
HTML Developer at Electroengeneering
April 1, 2015 - October 26, 2025
Focused on responsive HTML/CSS development for modern frameworks and CMS platforms.

Education

Web Development at Computer Academy
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
Master's Degree at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2013
Web Development at Computer Academy
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
Master's Degree, History of Philosophy at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2013
Web Development at Computer Academy
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Other, Media & Entertainment, Gaming