# Irina Kharitonova

> Software Development Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/irinakharitonova

Experienced Software Development Engineer with a track record of designing and implementing successful software projects. Over 10 years of practical experience, including team leading and development of various business applications.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Unify Consulting
Jan 2024 – Present

### Software Engineer @ DoorDash
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Development Engineer @ Akvelon, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Development Engineer @ Akvelon, Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Designed and developed core system modules for several projects:
- ETL system which collects, process and stores data from various data sources. System output allows the company to reduce cost of market analysis and decision making.
- Face Recognition App - social competition system based on face recognition technology.

### Lead Software Engineer @ Technokratos
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Developed back-end (Python/Django) parts for different products and services such as marketplaces, renting and technical support systems by:
- Developing system design from scratch.
- Improving the legacy code of old project ensuring the code refactoring.
- Providing asynchronous unit test coverage of new functionality.
- Designing and developing REST API for system’s client side.
- Developing sms/email notification service.
- Implementing 1C integration SOAP service using zeep library.

As a backend team lead provided:
- Motivating the team to achieve organizational goals.
- Developing and implementing a timeline to achieve targets.
- Conducting training of team members to maximize their potential.
- Conducting quarterly performance reviews.
- Delegating tasks to team members.
- Empowering team members with skills to improve their confidence, product knowledge, and communication skills.

### Full Stack Engineer @ БАРС Груп
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
- Managed educational project development during market launch. Led a remote development team of 5 members.
- Designed project architecture for educational module.
- Developed permission checking mechanism.
- Developed reports using Celery for report-task management.

### Python Developer @ FossLabs, Race Setup
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Russia, Kazan
- Developed backend for iPhone and Android mobile application using Python/Django Framework.
- Developed REST API services 
- Developed technical documentation


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Information Technology
Innopolis University

### Specialist in Faculty Computing Mathematics and Computer Science, Applied Informatics and Computer Science
Kazan State University

### Department of Oriental and European languages
Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N.Tupolev – KAI


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/i-kharitonova

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Last updated: 2026-04-01