Professional experience

Responsibilities

• Led product discovery with Compliance, Operations, AI Engineering, UX, and business stakeholders.
• Defined product vision, user problems, business requirements, and success metrics.
• Created PRDs, product roadmaps, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release plans.
• Prioritized product backlogs based on customer value, operational impact, risk, and technical feasibility.
• Partnered with AI engineers to evaluate LLMs, RAG pipelines, prompts, response quality, and workflow performance.
• Designed AI-assisted workflows for fraud investigation, trading support, and customer service.
• Facilitated stakeholder discussions and aligned technical and non-technical teams around product priorities.
• Balanced AI product management responsibilities with enterprise solution architecture decisions.
• Supported product testing, release readiness, feedback collection, and continuous improvement.

Key achievements

• Delivered three confidential enterprise AI products: a Fraud Investigation Platform, Trading Assistant, and Customer Support Assistant.
• Reduced manual fraud investigation effort by more than 120 hours per week.
• Contributed to approximately $250,000 in annual operational cost savings.
• Reduced blockchain transaction latency by 35%.
• Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by approximately $12,000 per month.
• Successfully transitioned from Solution Architect into a combined AI Product Manager and Solution Architect role.

Skills

Responsibilities

• Developed backend modules for enterprise microfinance systems.
• Translated business and financial requirements into reliable software features.
• Maintained and improved existing Java-based applications.
• Designed and integrated APIs for internal business processes.
• Supported database design, reporting functions, and system integrations.
• Investigated production issues and implemented long-term technical fixes.
• Collaborated with business analysts, QA engineers, and other developers.
• Improved application performance, code quality, and maintainability.
• Prepared technical documentation and supported software releases.

Key achievements

• Reduced manual reporting effort by approximately 30 hours per week.
• Reduced software maintenance costs by 25%.
• Improved the reliability and maintainability of enterprise microfinance applications.
• Delivered enhancements supporting day-to-day financial operations.

Skills

Responsibilities

• Worked directly with clients to understand business problems, requirements, and delivery priorities.
• Designed scalable backend architectures for enterprise and SaaS applications.
• Developed Java and Spring Boot services, REST APIs, and business workflows.
• Built secure authentication and authorization features.
• Designed and optimized relational databases for production systems.
• Integrated payment gateways, third-party APIs, and cloud services.
• Developed fintech, healthcare, e-commerce, logistics, and reporting solutions.
• Reviewed code and recommended improvements to architecture and development practices.
• Supported application deployment, troubleshooting, maintenance, and performance optimization.
• Communicated project progress, risks, and technical decisions directly with clients.

Key achievements

• Delivered software solutions that improved client operational efficiency by up to 30%.
• Successfully supported clients across multiple industries and international markets.
• Managed projects from initial discovery through production delivery.
• Built scalable and maintainable systems for both early-stage and established businesses.
• Maintained long-term client relationships through reliable delivery and communication.

Skills

Responsibilities

• Developed and maintained blockchain wallet features for mobile and web applications.
• Integrated TON blockchain transactions, Jetton token handling, and NFT functionality.
• Implemented secure private-key management, wallet encryption, and transaction-signing processes.
• Integrated blockchain services and backend systems through REST APIs.
• Investigated and resolved production bugs affecting wallet performance and transaction reliability.
• Optimized application performance for high-traffic production releases.
• Collaborated with backend, frontend, mobile, and blockchain engineers using Agile workflows.
• Participated in code reviews, testing, release preparation, and deployment cycles.
• Supported improvements to wallet usability, transaction safety, and application reliability.

Key achievements

• Delivered Jetton token and NFT functionality for a production blockchain wallet.
• Strengthened wallet security through encryption, private-key protection, and secure transaction signing.
• Improved the reliability and performance of wallet features used in high-traffic production environments.
• Contributed to smoother release cycles through code reviews, testing, debugging, and deployment support.
• Helped improve the wallet user experience and reduce transaction-related issues.
• Collaborated successfully with international, cross-functional engineering teams.

Skills

Responsibilities

• Designed, developed, and maintained highly available backend services using Java and Spring-based architectures.
• Developed core banking modules supporting transactions, payments, customer accounts, and reporting operations.
• Built secure REST APIs for internal banking systems and approved third-party integrations.
• Implemented authentication, authorization, encryption, and audit-logging requirements.
• Designed and maintained microservices and enterprise application components.
• Improved application performance through database query optimization, caching, and concurrent processing.
• Worked with PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MySQL databases using Hibernate and Spring Data JPA.
• Reviewed code and promoted clean-code, security, and maintainability standards.
• Supported junior developers through technical guidance and code-review feedback.
• Collaborated with QA, DevOps, and product teams to prepare stable production releases.
• Participated in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, testing, and release activities.
• Investigated production issues and implemented reliable technical solutions.

Key achievements

• Delivered secure backend modules for mission-critical enterprise banking operations.
• Improved system performance through query optimization, caching, and concurrent-processing techniques.
• Strengthened application security by implementing encryption, access controls, and audit logging.
• Improved code quality and maintainability through structured code reviews and clean-code practices.
• Supported stable production releases through close collaboration with QA and DevOps teams.
• Contributed to the technical development of junior engineers through mentoring and implementation guidance.
• Improved the reliability and scalability of banking services using enterprise Java architecture.

Skills