Mikhail Surin

Ural State Technical University

2002 - 2008 - Specialist in theoretical physics

December 2007 - Certification in GNU/Linux Administration

January 2012 — March 2012 - Html5 mobile application development

Engineering Manager

• Led strategic development of a cutting-edge OTT sports broadcasting platform
• Architected scalable video delivery infrastructure
• Implemented low-latency streaming solutions for live sports
• Optimized content delivery network for high uptime during peak sporting events
• Directed cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and content acquisition

Chief Technical Officer

• Led strategic vision for Russia's largest ticket marketplace with millions of monthly users
• Mentored cross-functional engineering teams, improving developer productivity significantly
• Optimized substantial technology budget, achieving notable infrastructure cost reductions

Backend Team Lead

• Led development of Yandex.Afisha, Russia's leading entertainment discovery platform
• Spearheaded major architectural transformation from monolith to scalable microservices
• Built high-performance distributed systems using Python (Flask, Celery) and Java (Spring, Jersey)
• Designed resilient data architecture with MongoDB for handling millions of daily requests

Senior Software Developer

• Led backend development of Yandex.Tickets, Russia's premier event ticketing platform
• Architected scalable microservices infrastructure handling millions of requests
• Built robust integrations with 50+ venue and ticketing partners across the country
• Optimized high-load systems using Java, MongoDB, Jetty, Spring and Apache CXF

Software Developer

• Developed ticket sales platform http://kassa.rambler.ru for entertainment events
• Built robust backend services for ticket inventory, payments, and order processing
• Implemented high-performance caching and database optimization
• ASP.net MVC, MSSQL

Software Developer

• Migration from Visual Basic to C#
• ASP.net, C#, MSSQL, Linq To Sql

Team Lead

• Led development of www.bubblewell.com, a high-performance social platform
• Architected scalable system using ASP.NET MVC3, jQuery, hybrid MS SQL/MongoDB storage
• Managed cross-functional team of 3 developers (2 backend, 1 frontend)

Key Accomplishments

• Designed and implemented high-load architecture handling 100K+ daily active users
• Created hybrid database architecture leveraging SQL Server for transactions and MongoDB for social content
• Built performant data synchronization between relational and document stores
• Developed robust Facebook Graph API integration for social features and auth

Web Developer

• Development of www.yaxon.ru, website for job search
• ASP.net AJAX, NHibernate, Lucene+Solr, javascript+jQuery, ActionScript 3

Achievements

• SOLR-based full-text search engine implementation
• Integration with OpenID and Facebook-based cross-domain authentication

Freelance developer

Responsibilities

• Creating multimedia flash presentations with silverlight and ActionScript 3
• Website developing: PHP+Yii, Joomla, Drupal, Django, javascript+jQuery

Completed projects

• http://www.deliverymaxx.com - Built a dynamic delivery tracking system with ASP.NET
• Created an immersive multimedia presentation for Water Park Golden Bay in Gelendgik
• Developed an engaging corporate presentation for Slavtek corporation
• Designed an educational Flash presentation for "Northern Cryptography" project

Developer

• Web development
• ASP.Net, C#, MSSQL, javascript+jQuery, Flash/Flex, FMS, Wowza, Telerik, Silverlight, Java

Completed projects

• http://artbanc.solareyes.com
• http://www.interstatefrontage.com
• Audio recorder at http://www.storypalz.com

System administrator/Developer

• Provided comprehensive technical support to 100+ users
• Managed and maintained PBX telephone system
• Developed and maintained custom Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
• Implemented inventory management, order processing, and reporting modules
• Optimized database queries and system performance