Hi, I'm Iskandar Khanbekov—a mathematician by training and software engineer by vocation. I thrive on solving complex problems with a tool-agnostic mindset and a focus on reliability and performance. With 5+ years of experience designing scalable backend systems and event-driven architectures, I specialize in stream processing, cloud-native microservices, and data products that empower cross-functional decision-making. I enjoy collaborating with data science, analytics, and product teams to deliver impactful solutions.

Iskandar Khanbekov

Hi, I'm Iskandar Khanbekov—a mathematician by training and software engineer by vocation. I thrive on solving complex problems with a tool-agnostic mindset and a focus on reliability and performance. With 5+ years of experience designing scalable backend systems and event-driven architectures, I specialize in stream processing, cloud-native microservices, and data products that empower cross-functional decision-making. I enjoy collaborating with data science, analytics, and product teams to deliver impactful solutions.

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Hi, I’m Iskandar Khanbekov—a mathematician by training and software engineer by vocation. I thrive on solving complex problems with a tool-agnostic mindset and a focus on reliability and performance.

With 5+ years of experience designing scalable backend systems and event-driven architectures, I specialize in stream processing, cloud-native microservices, and data products that empower cross-functional decision-making. I enjoy collaborating with data science, analytics, and product teams to deliver impactful solutions.

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English
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Russian
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Work Experience

Back-End Engineer at Phiture
October 1, 2022 - November 15, 2025
Developed and owned several ETL pipelines to expand Google Ads, ASO and ASA data pools by 3x, using web scraping (Playwright, Selenium, and REST API) and AWS. Accelerated data extraction from Google and Apple APIs by migrating from a UI-based solution to a native API (30x faster). Collaborated with data science, analytics, and product teams to build data-driven solutions. Trained data analysts and data engineers in script automation with GitHub Actions, shortening deployment cycles by 70%. Designed and implemented a CI/CD pipeline to manage multiple servers, reducing maintenance costs by 3x, using RabbitMQ, Redis and Jenkins.
Software Engineer at UniCredit
September 1, 2022 - September 1, 2022
Designed and executed the transition of a major banking system from a monolithic to microservices-based architecture, reducing bugs by 23%. Implemented a new authentication system within the central monolithic project using Java, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Spring Security.
Software Engineer at I-Teko
July 1, 2021 - July 1, 2021
Quadrupled test coverage across various projects, preventing critical issues and significantly enhancing performance using Java (Cucumber, Gherkin and JUnit). Organized onboarding for new team members, facilitating their integration across multiple projects.

Education

Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Saratov State University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2019

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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment