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Yuriy Breivo

Software Engineer
Warsaw,14

Summary

Seasoned Software Engineer and Team Leader with 7+ years of experience in full-stack development, specializing in JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular, and frontend technologies. Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, optimizing system performance, and delivering scalable solutions for global clients. Expertise in modernizing legacy systems, reducing development cycles, and improving user experiences through innovative engineering practices. Passionate about mentoring developers, streamlining workflows, and driving technical excellence. Adept at solving complex problems with a focus on efficiency, quality, and business impact.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Software Engineer, R&D Engineer

BrightData
Netanya, Israel
01.2023 - 08.2024

Technologies used: JavaScript, MongoDB, Node.js, Kubernetes, Shell, RabbitMQ.

  • Improved Google Ads Display Rate: Increased Google Ads display rate from ~25% to 70% per request, achieving the best industry-known result.
  • Optimized Parsing Speed: Reduced parsing time for Google pages (e.g., search, shopping) from 4 seconds to 300 milliseconds through caching and tailored regular expressions.
  • Accelerated Form Submissions: Decreased form submission time for a Brazilian government system from 17 seconds/request to 2 seconds/request by bypassing browser limitations.
  • Developed AI-Powered Solutions: Built an AI-based tool to detect markup changes, reducing parsing ticket resolution time by 3x (from 12 hours to 4 hours).
  • Built Specialized Parsers: Designed parsers for Google Lens and Google Hotels, enhancing product functionality.
  • Researched Web Security Bypasses: Focused on cookie/headers management, TLS fingerprinting, browser fingerprinting, IP rotation etc. to unblock web resources.

Lead Frontend Engineer / Head of FE Department

Fintuity
London, United Kingdom
02.2021 - 01.2023

Technologies used: TypeScript, Angular 8-14, Nx, Angular Material, Storybook, Java, PostgreSQL.

  • UIkit Development: Designed and implemented a UIkit based on Angular Material, reducing bug tickets by 50% through a dedicated testing sandbox.
  • Optimized Bundle Size: Reduced bundle size from 8MB to 3.6MB by extracting common modules into shared libraries.
  • Improved Build Time: Cut build and deployment time from 30 minutes to 13 minutes by caching untouched modules.
  • Streamlined Dependencies: Removed 30% of project dependencies, improving codebase maintainability and team efficiency.
  • Team Leadership: Mentored and upskilled team members, promoting 3 junior developers to mid-level and 1 senior developer to team lead.
  • Product Development: Led the development of backoffice and frontoffice products, ensuring high-quality UI/UX and performance.
  • Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.

Senior Software Engineer

Luxoft
Saint Petersburg, Russia
06.2019 - 02.2021

Technologies used: TypeScript, Angular 8, Angular Material, MobX, NgRX, Dojo, Java.

  • Project Transformation: Led the migration of a legacy Dojo project to a modern Angular/Spring Boot stack, reducing bug fix/feature implementation time from 4x times from 2 days to 4 hours.
  • NgRx Plugin Development: Engineered a custom NgRx plugin, reducing the codebase from 3 files per store to 1 file and simplifying state management.
  • User Experience Overhaul: Redesigned the UI/UX based on modern practices, receiving positive feedback from mid-office business users.
  • Accelerated Delivery: Completed the project rebuild in 8 months, 4 months ahead of the planned 12-month timeline.
  • Technical Leadership: Spearheaded the frontend transformation, ensuring a clean and scalable architecture.

Middle Software Engineer / Team Lead

Bekitzur
Saint Petersburg, Russia
02.2018 - 06.2019

Technologies used: TypeScript, Angular 4-8, Ionic 2, Apache Cordova, Node.js, NestJS, ChartJS, Socket.IO, MongoDB.

  • Ionic PoC and Project Leadership: Developed a Proof of Concept (PoC) in Ionic, leading to a 2.5x cost reduction and 2x faster delivery time as the project’s Team Lead.
  • Custom NFC Cordova Plugin: Built a custom NFC plugin to replace unstable public versions, improving app stability and user experience.
  • White-Label Ionic Application: Created a white-label Ionic app in free time, which was accepted and implemented by the customer.
  • NFC Tag Monitoring Platform: Contributed to the development of the CNECT platform, leveraging Angular, Ionic, and Node.js for NFC tag monitoring.
  • Technical Leadership: Spearheaded cross-platform development initiatives, delivering cost-effective and scalable solutions.

Junior Software Engineer / Frontend Team Lead

Endylab
Saint Petersburg, Russia
05.2017 - 02.2018

Technologies used: Javascript, ReactJS, PHP, NodeJS

  • Process Optimization: Streamlined collaboration between designers and developers using Avocode, enabling the company to take on 3x more projects.
  • Team Building: Grew the development team from 1 to 5 members, supporting the agency’s transition to a full-cycle agency (brand, design, web product).
  • Landing Page Development: Built landing pages using JavaScript and ReactJS, with backend support via PHP and Node.js.
  • Technical Leadership: Interviewed, onboarded, and mentored new team members, ensuring a smooth scaling process.
  • Full-Cycle Agency Support: Played a key role in expanding the agency’s capabilities to include end-to-end web product development.

Education

No Degree - Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

Belorussian National Technical University
Minsk, Belarus
09.2007 - 06.2012

Skills

Javascript / Typescript

Angular

Ionic

Node JS

MongoDB

Nest JS

Nx

Puppeteer

Cypress

Timeline

Software Engineer, R&D Engineer

BrightData
01.2023 - 08.2024

Lead Frontend Engineer / Head of FE Department

Fintuity
02.2021 - 01.2023

Senior Software Engineer

Luxoft
06.2019 - 02.2021

Middle Software Engineer / Team Lead

Bekitzur
02.2018 - 06.2019

Junior Software Engineer / Frontend Team Lead

Endylab
05.2017 - 02.2018

No Degree - Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

Belorussian National Technical University
09.2007 - 06.2012
Yuriy BreivoSoftware Engineer