I am a Technology Director with over 15 years of experience leading engineering teams, architecting scalable microservice architectures, and delivering cost-saving cloud strategies. I have led cloud migrations, built real-time data analytics solutions, and leveraged AI to automate business processes. I thrive on building robust, efficient software that drives business growth, optimizes operations, and mentors engineers to deliver high-quality products.

Oleksandr Shkatov

I am a Technology Director with over 15 years of experience leading engineering teams, architecting scalable microservice architectures, and delivering cost-saving cloud strategies. I have led cloud migrations, built real-time data analytics solutions, and leveraged AI to automate business processes. I thrive on building robust, efficient software that drives business growth, optimizes operations, and mentors engineers to deliver high-quality products.

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I am a Technology Director with over 15 years of experience leading engineering teams, architecting scalable microservice architectures, and delivering cost-saving cloud strategies. I have led cloud migrations, built real-time data analytics solutions, and leveraged AI to automate business processes.

I thrive on building robust, efficient software that drives business growth, optimizes operations, and mentors engineers to deliver high-quality products.

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Language

Ukrainian
Fluent
Russian
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English
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Spanish; Castilian
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Work Experience

Director of Technology at Picket
April 1, 2022 - Present
Led cross-functional engineering teams, achieving a 30% reduction in AWS infrastructure costs by migrating from EC2 to a Kubernetes cluster; designed and implemented an AI-powered automated invoice processing system reducing human error from 4% to 0.3% and saving customers over 30% of invoice processing time; developed near real-time analytics for a microservices architecture and maintained core internal services including authentication, file storage, messaging, and payments.
Senior Software Engineer at Picket
April 30, 2022 - October 8, 2025
Reduced time to spin up new services from 3-4 days to 3-4 hours by introducing a shared backend library; implemented a core file service handling over 150 TB of images and peak loads of more than 250 file uploads per second; led the Services team and built foundational services (file, authentication, messaging).
Senior Software Engineer at EduNav
November 30, 2020 - October 8, 2025
Led analytics team; developed a solution that pulled data from internal databases into a Sisense cluster to enable real-time dashboarding within the product; developed key services including a Registrations service for student enrollment and a User service for authentication using SSO protocols (SAML, CAS, Shibboleth, OAuth).
Team Lead at Lohika
July 31, 2018 - October 8, 2025
Led two separate teams; provided architectural template for core NodeJS services used across more than 100 repositories; delivered SSO solutions based on SAML, CAS, Shibboleth, and OAuth2 for enterprise clients.
Senior Developer at BASquare
December 31, 2016 - October 8, 2025
Developed complex enterprise projects; designed project architectures; provided task estimates; conducted applicant interviews.
CTO, Project Manager, Team Lead, PHP Developer at Brend - a
October 31, 2014 - October 8, 2025
Planned project development; conducted team training; programmed complex parts of the project.
Director of Technology at Picket
April 1, 2022 - Present
Led multiple cross-functional engineering teams and directed significant portions of the product's architecture. Achieved a 30% reduction in AWS infrastructure costs by migrating from EC2 to a Kubernetes-based cluster. Designed and implemented an AI-powered automated invoice processing system that reduced human error from 4% to 0.3% and cut invoice processing time by over 30% for customers. Developed a near real-time analytics solution for a microservices architecture, delivering daily operational insights and replacing the prior batch processing system. Maintained and enhanced core internal services, including authentication, file storage, messaging, and payments.
Senior Software Engineer at Picket
April 1, 2022 - October 8, 2025
Reduced time to spin up new services from 3–4 days to 3–4 hours by introducing a shared backend library. Implemented a core file service capable of handling over 150 TB of images and sustaining peak loads of more than 250 file uploads per second. Led the “Services” team, building and maintaining foundational services that supported all product development. Engineered key services such as file, authentication, and messaging.
Senior Software Engineer at EduNav
November 1, 2020 - October 8, 2025
Led analytics team, integrating data from internal databases into a Sisense cluster to enable real-time dashboards. Led development of key services, including a Registrations service for student enrollment and a User service for authentication using SSO protocols (SAML, CAS, Shibboleth, OAuth).
Team Lead at Lohika
July 1, 2018 - October 8, 2025
Led two separate teams and provided an architectural template for core NodeJS services used across more than 100 repositories. Delivered SSO solutions based on SAML, CAS, Shibboleth, and OAuth2 for enterprise clients.
Senior Developer at BASquare
December 1, 2016 - October 8, 2025
Developed complex enterprise projects, designed project architecture, provided task estimates, and conducted applicant interviews.
CTO, Project Manager, Team Lead, PHP Developer at Brend - a
October 1, 2014 - October 8, 2025
Planned project development, led team training, and programmed complex parts of the project.

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Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services

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