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Hi, I’m Elman Huseynov, a Lead Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in software development and team leadership. I’ve had the opportunity to lead engineering efforts at Zalando, build teams from scratch, and contribute to the development of impactful systems across multiple platforms.
I love problem-solving and mentoring developers while working on innovative projects that improve customer satisfaction and streamline processes. I am passionate about creating efficient, scalable systems and constantly learning in the fast-paced tech world.
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Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer at Zalando SE
August 1, 2023 - PresentFounding Software Engineer of the Media Ad Tech Operations Team, involved in foundational strategies, development processes, and technological direction in cooperation with Media Stakeholders. Developed a YouTube Bulk Uploader Service that reduced video upload time from 3 days to 2 hours, designed and implemented a real-time reporting system for user engagement across platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, DV360, and Meta, and developed a mid-funnel data content-pulling tool automating content generation and reducing time, complexity, and errors by approximately 80%.
Senior Frontend Engineer at Shopify
July 31, 2023 - July 15, 2025Contributed to Shopify Balance Web development as a Front-end Engineer, worked on the Shopify Balance mobile application as a Mobile Engineer, and played a pivotal role in Shopify Editions development as a Full-stack Engineer.
Frontend Developer at Scoutbee Gmbh
June 30, 2022 - July 15, 2025Managed a team of 3 Full-stack engineers and played a key role in frontend development of the AI intelligence platform. Helped create new event-driven architecture based on AWS Step Functions and AWS SQS, and improved customer trust by fixing bugs and adding unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
Remote Full Stack Web Developer at PineParks
December 31, 2020 - July 15, 2025Created a scalable, maintainable logistics warehouse management system for a multinational Estonian manufacturing company enhancing operations across five countries. Designed and implemented a food delivery e-commerce platform serving over 10 schools in Estonia with at least 100 orders per day. Optimized generating daily reports load time with nearly 80% speed increase. Increased customer trust by fixing critical bugs and adding tests. Led, trained, and managed junior developers and participated in code review. Worked with the team to troubleshoot web application issues and improve operations.
Full Stack Web Developer at DPI Creative Agency
September 30, 2018 - July 15, 2025Led development of enterprise applications and websites, created and supported Single Page Frontend Applications based on React.js, developed and supported backend systems from scratch with CodeIgniter and Laravel frameworks. Developed responsive HTML layouts consistent across all browsers and platforms. Tested web applications, performed troubleshooting before deployment, refactored existing code, and implemented DRY / SOLID principles.
Senior Software Engineer | Development Lead at Zalando SE
August 1, 2023 - PresentLed engineering efforts in the Digital Media team at Zalando, driving cross-team initiatives and acting as a de facto Lead Engineer. As a founding engineer of the Digital Media Ad Operations Tech team, helped build the team from scratch, set up engineering practices, and delivered systems for ad campaigns across 27 markets. Developed a YouTube Bulk Uploader Service that reduced video upload time from 3 days to 2 hours. Designed and implemented a real-time reporting system to monitor user engagement across platforms like YouTube, TikTok, DV360, Meta, and Snapchat. Created a mid-funnel data content-pulling tool that automated content generation for ads, reducing time, complexity and errors by approximately 80%.
Senior Frontend Engineer at Shopify
July 31, 2023 - July 15, 2025Worked on Shopify Balance Web development as a Front-end Engineer and on mobile application development as a Mobile Engineer. Also contributed as a Full-stack Engineer for Shopify Editions development.
Frontend Developer at Scoutbee Gmbh
June 30, 2022 - July 15, 2025Managed a team of 3 Full-stack engineers and played a key role in frontend development of an AI intelligence platform. Helped create a new event-driven architecture using AWS Step Functions and AWS SQS. Increased customer trust by fixing bugs and adding various tests including unit, integration and end-to-end.
Remote Full Stack Web developer at PineParks
December 31, 2020 - July 15, 2025Created scalable logistics warehouse management system for a multinational Estonian manufacturing company, enhancing operations across five countries. Designed and implemented a food delivery e-commerce platform serving over 10 schools in Estonia with over 100 daily orders. Optimized daily reports load time from 50 to around 7-10 seconds achieving ~80% speed improvement. Increased product trust by fixing critical bugs and adding testing. Led and trained junior developers, and improved web application operations.
Full Stack Web Developer at DPI Creative Agency
September 30, 2018 - July 15, 2025Led development of enterprise applications and websites. Created and supported single-page frontend applications with React.js. Developed backend systems using CodeIgniter and Laravel from scratch. Built responsive HTML layouts consistent across browsers and platforms. Tested, troubleshot, refactored code, and implemented software design principles such as DRY and SOLID.
Education
Bachelor's degree at Azerbaijan State University of Economics
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016Bachelor's degree at Azerbaijan State University of Economics
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016Qualifications
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Software & Internet, Retail, Transportation & Logistics, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services
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