I’m Vladimir Smirnov, a Senior Full-Stack and Architecture Lead with 12+ years of experience designing and scaling high-performance, reliable systems across fintech, telecom, and consumer products. I specialize in JavaScript/TypeScript across frontend and backend, with hands-on work in React, Node.js, and cloud-native architectures, plus solid Python know-how and the ability to ramp quickly into Python-based codebases. I’ve led end-to-end architecture decisions, owned system reliability and performance, and mentored engineers while setting technical standards and improving development processes. I’ve steered frontend evolutions from monoliths to modular, CDN-backed architectures, built cloud-native serverless backends on AWS, and automated CI/CD pipelines to shorten release cycles and reduce operational risk. I thrive in collaborative environments, working with product managers and designers to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.

Vladimir Smirnov

I’m Vladimir Smirnov, a Senior Full-Stack and Architecture Lead with 12+ years of experience designing and scaling high-performance, reliable systems across fintech, telecom, and consumer products. I specialize in JavaScript/TypeScript across frontend and backend, with hands-on work in React, Node.js, and cloud-native architectures, plus solid Python know-how and the ability to ramp quickly into Python-based codebases. I’ve led end-to-end architecture decisions, owned system reliability and performance, and mentored engineers while setting technical standards and improving development processes. I’ve steered frontend evolutions from monoliths to modular, CDN-backed architectures, built cloud-native serverless backends on AWS, and automated CI/CD pipelines to shorten release cycles and reduce operational risk. I thrive in collaborative environments, working with product managers and designers to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.

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I’m Vladimir Smirnov, a Senior Full-Stack and Architecture Lead with 12+ years of experience designing and scaling high-performance, reliable systems across fintech, telecom, and consumer products. I specialize in JavaScript/TypeScript across frontend and backend, with hands-on work in React, Node.js, and cloud-native architectures, plus solid Python know-how and the ability to ramp quickly into Python-based codebases.
I’ve led end-to-end architecture decisions, owned system reliability and performance, and mentored engineers while setting technical standards and improving development processes. I’ve steered frontend evolutions from monoliths to modular, CDN-backed architectures, built cloud-native serverless backends on AWS, and automated CI/CD pipelines to shorten release cycles and reduce operational risk. I thrive in collaborative environments, working with product managers and designers to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Development Engineer / Engineering Lead (Architecture) at Right Balance
September 1, 2018 - December 1, 2025
Owned end-to-end architecture decisions across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure, with hands-on accountability for reliability, performance, and delivery. Led frontend evolution using React, TypeScript, and Next.js, transitioning from monolithic frontend to modular, CDN-backed architectures; designed cloud-native serverless backends on AWS with Lambda and API Gateway; automated CI/CD pipelines across web, iOS, Android, and React Native apps; mentored engineers and established engineering standards.
Principal Software Developer at Harman
September 1, 2013 - August 1, 2018
Advanced frontend infrastructure and UX architecture for enterprise clients (Verizon, Facebook, Yota); designed and evolved frontend systems with React, Redux, and Angular; integrated with backend services (Node.js, PHP (Laravel), Python); led architectural decisions across the full stack, focusing on performance, maintainability, and scalability; mentored frontend teams and raised engineering standards.
QA Engineer at Various Development Companies
April 1, 2010 - August 1, 2013
Automated significant portions of manual testing; contributed to testing across telecom, gaming, and financial domains; collaborated with developers to improve product stability and reliability; worked on large-scale projects for Ericsson, Social Quantum, and MICEX.

Education

BSc (Hons), Computer Science at The National Research University Higher School of Economics
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2012

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Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Professional Services, Other