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I am a platform-focused software engineer with 14+ years of experience building and scaling B2B systems in fintech, medtech, and integration-heavy environments. I design API-first platforms, tackle complex data flows, and shape long-term maintainability, reliability, and architecture. I have led engineering teams, served in interim CTO capacity, and collaborated directly with customers on technical decisions and trade-offs. Today I work as an independent consultant providing platform architecture advice and hands-on engineering support to product teams navigating growing technical complexity. I enjoy translating business goals into robust tech direction, creating internal libraries and reusable patterns, and coaching teams to deliver quality software while evolving processes during organizational change.…I am a platform-focused software engineer with 14+ years of experience building and scaling B2B systems in fintech, medtech, and integration-heavy environments. I design API-first platforms, tackle complex data flows, and shape long-term maintainability, reliability, and architecture. I have led engineering teams, served in interim CTO capacity, and collaborated directly with customers on technical decisions and trade-offs. Today I work as an independent consultant providing platform architecture advice and hands-on engineering support to product teams navigating growing technical complexity. I enjoy translating business goals into robust tech direction, creating internal libraries and reusable patterns, and coaching teams to deliver quality software while evolving processes during organizational change.

Timur Askerov

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer, +2

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I am a platform-focused software engineer with 14+ years of experience building and scaling B2B systems in fintech, medtech, and integration-heavy environments. I design API-first platforms, tackle complex data flows, and shape long-term maintainability, reliability, and architecture. I have led engineering teams, served in interim CTO capacity, and collaborated directly with customers on technical decisions and trade-offs. Today I work as an independent consultant providing platform architecture advice and hands-on engineering support to product teams navigating growing technical complexity. I enjoy translating business goals into robust tech direction, creating internal libraries and reusable patterns, and coaching teams to deliver quality software while evolving processes during organizational change.…I am a platform-focused software engineer with 14+ years of experience building and scaling B2B systems in fintech, medtech, and integration-heavy environments. I design API-first platforms, tackle complex data flows, and shape long-term maintainability, reliability, and architecture. I have led engineering teams, served in interim CTO capacity, and collaborated directly with customers on technical decisions and trade-offs. Today I work as an independent consultant providing platform architecture advice and hands-on engineering support to product teams navigating growing technical complexity. I enjoy translating business goals into robust tech direction, creating internal libraries and reusable patterns, and coaching teams to deliver quality software while evolving processes during organizational change.

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I am a platform-focused software engineer with 14+ years of experience building and scaling B2B systems in fintech, medtech, and integration-heavy environments. I design API-first platforms, tackle complex data flows, and shape long-term maintainability, reliability, and architecture. I have led engineering teams, served in interim CTO capacity, and collaborated directly with customers on technical decisions and trade-offs.

Today I work as an independent consultant providing platform architecture advice and hands-on engineering support to product teams navigating growing technical complexity. I enjoy translating business goals into robust tech direction, creating internal libraries and reusable patterns, and coaching teams to deliver quality software while evolving processes during organizational change.

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Work Experience

Team Lead at Zwapgrid

May 1, 2022 - December 1, 2025

Led a team of 5–10 engineers (developers, QA, analysts) and served as interim CTO after the CTO left. Designed and drove the architectural direction for a new API-first platform, including core APIs and data flows. Made architectural decisions around service boundaries, integrations, and long-term maintainability. Created shared internal libraries and packages used across teams to standardize development. Acted as the final technical decision-maker during complex code reviews. Worked directly with customers on platform architecture, integrations, and trade-offs. Ran technical meetings and demos to align teams. Conducted performance and growth reviews for engineers, QA, business analysts and managers. Helped stabilize engineering processes during organizational change.

Team Lead at DataArt

April 1, 2019 - April 1, 2021

Led delivery on a Canadian consumer financing service. Implemented core functionality to register loans and lease deals, verify credit scores, and audit documents. Built backend with .NET Framework 4.8, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, and Entity Framework; performed unit testing and code reviews; contributed to sprint planning and onboarding. Worked with AWS cloud services; contributed to back-end and some front-end tasks (React). Also led a small team (2 developers) during payment-system integration; collaborated with client teams to clarify requirements and trade-offs; delivered architecture decisions, data models, and documentation. Additional project included Accelerated Payment Facility System, enabling service providers to connect with customers and offer discounts for accelerated payments via a .NET Core API and SPA UI.

Software Developer -> Team Lead at Firstline Software, Inc.

March 1, 2017 - March 1, 2019

Developed a cloud-based medical practice management system with integrations to government approved lists, insurance, and payment systems. Implemented features for patient workflow (check-in, consultations, prescriptions) and invoicing with health funds discounts; integrated with Australian accounting systems and multiple payment systems (EFTPOS terminals). Tech stack included .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, Entity Framework, MS SQL, React, and jQuery. Worked in Scrum-like sprints (2 weeks); led a small team during payment-system integration; coordinated client communications and system testing.

Software Developer at MetaCommunications, Inc.

September 1, 2013 - August 1, 2016

Built a web-based media content review system where users upload content and invite others to review. Implemented visual annotations, comments, and description metadata for PDFs, text, images, and video. System supported Kanban-like development and collaboration workflows. Tech stack included Node.js, Express, Bluebird, NoSQL (Riak), React, jQuery, HTML5, and Karma/Jasmine tests. Participated in UI development and client collaboration.