Aleksei Lystsev
CTO / Head of Engineering
Engineering Team Lead
Senior Full Stack Engineer
Location: Krasnodar, Russia
telegram: @ilesho
email: info@ilesho.com
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Professional Summary: Product-oriented CTO / Head of Engineering with 10+ years in IT, from full stack development to leading teams and owning architecture, performance, reliability and SLA. Strong background in high-load e-commerce (tens of millions of SKUs), ERP/CRM systems, internal mobile apps and integrations. Experienced in connecting business goals, product and technology: strategy, execution, team leadership, quality processes, security and stability.
Open to relocation. Open to occasional business trips. Work authorization: Russia.
Technical Skills:
- Programming Languages: PHP, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript
- Frameworks & Libraries: Symfony, Yii2, React, Node.js, Express.js.
- Databases: MySQL / MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcache
- Tools & Technologies:Linux, Docker, Docker-Compose, Git, Bash, Composer, npm, npx, Webpack, RabbitMQ, SQL, HTML, CSS, JSX/TSX, REST API, JSON, XML, SOAP, Firebase, apidoc, GPT, LLM, Nginx, SSL
- Development Methodologies: MVC, DDD, Gitflow, Kanban, Agile
Soft skills:
Communication •
Teamwork •
Problem-solving •
Time management •
Adaptability •
Critical thinking •
Leadership •
Emotional intelligence
Product Management Skills:
Formulating theories and key features for MVP startups.
Initial project launch.
Organizing and improving the development process (quality, delivery, tech debt).
Initial project launch.
Organizing and improving the development process (quality, delivery, tech debt).
Languages: Russian (native), English (B2)
Education: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (incomplete)
Education: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (incomplete)
Experience:
Engineering Team Lead / CTO functions (NJSoft)
• November 2023 - Present
• Full-time remote
e-commerce aggregator for auto parts (80M+ SKU): architecture, performance, stability and SLA. Directly managed a team of 3–8 engineers.
- Reduced price update cycle time by 5× by optimizing architecture and data update pipeline.
- Improved corporate mobile app response time by 4×.
- Implemented monitoring & alerting for APIs and infrastructure.
- Automated business processes and introduced AI features (CRM, external API integrations), reducing manual work by up to 90%.
- Maintained security and stability for a network of 200+ offline locations.
Lead Developer / Full Stack Engineer (NJSoft)
• June 2021 - November 2023
• Full-time remote
Supported and evolved CRM and service systems for an international manufacturing company (presence in 27 countries). Designed and developed an internal ERP system for a full production cycle. Built internal mobile apps and automated bots. Improved stability and delivery processes. Contributed to an online learning platform (integrations, mobile app, web components), increasing web product conversion by up to 30%.
Full Stack Engineer (NJSoft)
• August 2017 - June 2021
• Full-time remote
Delivered lead-generation landing pages (up to 5% lead conversion), built a mall navigation mobile app, created a landing page generator for an education platform, and maintained/improved CRM systems. Worked across web development, integrations, and mobile apps.
Full Stack Engineer (freelance)
• August 2015 - August 2017
• Full-time remote
Personal projects:
Wellemo.com online education
Built from idea and scaled to 200,000 monthly users.
Built from idea and scaled to 200,000 monthly users.
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Lystsev's Trainer - Revolutionary Vision Enhancement System
Lystsev's Trainer - Revolutionary Vision Enhancement System
Publications:
What will I answer to the customer who decided to create blinkist.com ?
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How much can an MVP cost?
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