Alexandr Penkin
Software Engineer / Team Lead @ Zoon.ru
Backend developer and team lead with 12 years of experience in commercial development. I lead the backend development team at Zoon.ru — the largest recommendation portal for places and services in Russia and CIS, serving millions of users monthly.
I specialize in designing scalable server-side solutions on PHP and Go, working with high-load systems, and building a strong engineering culture within the team.
Skills
Experience
Zoon.ru — Team Leader
Feb 2020 — presentLeading the backend development team. Responsible for architectural decisions, code reviews, and technical culture. Working with high-load systems serving millions of users.
Zoon.ru — PHP Developer
Nov 2018 — Feb 2020Backend development on PHP with MongoDB, SQL, Docker, and Git.
Babyblog — Team Leader
Nov 2017 — Nov 2018Led the development team of the largest family social network. Stack: PHP, CodeIgniter, Elasticsearch, Redis.
Babyblog — PHP Developer
Jan 2017 — Nov 2017Server-side development, Elasticsearch integration, caching with Redis.
Maximal — Back-end Developer
May 2014 — Jul 2016Web development on PHP (Phalcon) and Go services. Linux administration, Apache, Nginx, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Solr.
Education
South Ural Institute of Management and Economics
Bachelor's, Information Systems and Technologies
2013–2016
Kostanay Construction College
Software Technician
2009–2013