alexander zakharov

scrum master and software engineer

About

Senior software engineer with 7+ years of industry experience. Expert in C++, C#, Python, strong in design and developing large-scale applications. Specialties: Agile methodologies, C++, C#, Python and OO programming, large-scale, multithreaded and distributed applications.

Country

czechia

City

prague

Industry

computer software

Skill

multithreading, software development, c++, python, scrum, distributed systems, software design, oop, agile methodologies, c/c++ stl, c#, boost, sql, c/c++ boost, visual c++, lua, javascript, xml, mfc, software engineering, programming, test driven development, subversion, algorithms, stl, git, design patterns, java, pair programming

Experience

software engineer

institut sistem komplexnoy avtomatizacii

2006-1 - 2007-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Designed and implemented specialized packet analyzer for debugging a network of wireless controllers required for another bigger research.

team lead and software developer

doka studios

2005-1 - 2006-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Led a team (3-6 members) developing a server-side of a startup MMORPG project. Designed and implemented distributed game world database, basic pathfinding algorithms, collision detection and script system based on lua language.

software engineer

avero

2003-1 - 2005-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Was a main engineer for employee management and access control software. The project made a way from scratch to several releases that were successfully integrated in few big companies in Russia.

scrum master and software engineer

skype

2012-7 - 2015-2 · 2 yrs 8 mos

* Participated in development of Windows Phone Skype client, cross-platform client media messaging components and internal integration test tools * facilitated team meetings and helped the team to find and solve impediments * led development process improvements and motivated the team to work on it * significantly improved development process and increased team’s morale after a reorg.

team lead and software engineer

cma small systems ab

2007-6 - 2012-7 · 5 yrs 2 mos

* Worked with a team (2-5 members) on development and support of electronic trading and technical analysis system (both UI and server-side): * initiated development process changes such as introduction of code reviews and iterative development, helped to establish scrum-based practices * developed programming style guidelines for C++ programs and established common programming practices * introduced automatic release & version control system, test system based on python scripts, cppunit and atlassian bamboo * implemented a module that allowed users to create custom technical analysis tools and trading robots based on Lua scripts * designed and implemented new transport protocol based on 0mq library that provides more stable connection and reduced delays * improved stock charts and graphical analysis tools functionality * made a lot of architectural changes that greatly improved code readability, speed of future development and greatly reduced build time * implemented a self-healing bridge to support Plaza2 trade platform for MICEX-RTS markets.