# Oleg Gekker

> 🚀 Senior Software Engineer | Front-End & Full-Stack Web | Building Future-Ready Products

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/oleggekker

Senior Software Engineer specializing in front-end development with full-stack capabilities. I focus on building scalable, user-focused products with clean architecture, high performance, and seamless user experience.

💡 What I do:

Build end-to-end solutions: from design & architecture to deployment & delivery

Create modern, responsive web apps with strong emphasis on usability and performance

Drive product ownership and align business goals with technical delivery

Mentor teams and foster strong collaboration

✨ What I bring:

Strong knowledge of SDLC and Agile practices

Proven experience leading cross-functional projects

Passion for innovation and continuous improvement

💻 Tech Snapshot: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, NodeJS, GraphQL, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL, Cloud Infra & CI/CD

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on the Cyber Security platform management plane, enabling customers to configure and monitor their security solutions (Prisma Access, SD-WAN, ADEM, AIOps, etc.) across domains and tenants. Focused on delivering scalable, high-performance features with modern web architecture.

🧩 Designed and implemented micro-frontend applications

🏗️ Led feature architecture and delivery across multiple product areas

⚡ Improved performance, scalability, and code maintainability through refactoring

✅ Ensured quality with unit and end-to-end test coverage

🌍 Scaled solutions to support enterprise-level customer groups

### Senior Software Cloud Engineer @ GoDaddy
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on architecture and frameworks for cloud infrastructure in cybersecurity, delivering solutions for data processing, visualization, storage, and transfer across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Contributed across the full SDLC — from PoC to production — building core systems used by both engineering teams and end customers.

🏗️ Designed and implemented frameworks, tools, and orchestration for cloud infrastructure

🔒 Built secure solutions and integrations for data processing and visualization

☁️ Delivered features across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments

⚙️ Drove projects through the full development lifecycle (PoC → production → maintenance)

🤝 Delivered core platforms powering other engineering teams and customer-facing solutions

### Senior Software Development Engineer @ GoDaddy
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Contributed to the design and delivery of multiple web service projects and customer-facing tools. Focused on building dashboards, analytics solutions, and back-end services while driving product improvements through A/B testing and experimentation.

📊 Built web dashboards and tools for metrics, analytics, social, and web insights

⚙️ Developed back-end services for data, statistics, and event analytics

🧪 Led A/B testing for UI and functional features to improve customer experience

🚀 Delivered end-to-end projects from design through release

### Senior Software Engineer @ Uber
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked across Web Platform and UI teams, designing and delivering open-source frameworks that enabled scalable, modern web development for internal and external users.

🧩 Built FusionJS, a full-stack plugin-based framework for scalable project architecture, fusionjs.com


🎨 Developed Base UI, an open-source library of flexible, React-like UI components, baseui.design


⚙️ Delivered core frameworks used by multiple teams to accelerate product development

🚀 Focused on scalability, flexibility, and developer experience in framework design

### Lead Software Engineer @ EPAM Systems
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Contributed to the design and delivery of a large-scale e-commerce platform with a complex business domain and rapidly evolving features. Focused on performance, scalability, and code quality while enabling faster delivery and collaboration.

⚡ Improved page speed: 5–10x faster non-cached and 10x faster cached pages

👥 Achieved higher efficiency with fewer developers, PMs, and testers involved

🚀 Accelerated feature delivery through code reuse and faster implementation

🐞 Reduced bugs per feature and delivered safer, quicker fixes

📈 Scaled the platform for future growth and feature expansion

🔎 Strengthened code quality controls via CI builds, metrics, performance analysis, and code reviews

🤝 Streamlined collaboration with back-end teams, reducing turnaround for new features

### Senior Software Engineer @ EPAM Systems
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Delivered web and mobile solutions for global brands in retail, beauty, and finance, focusing on performance, scalability, and code quality.

Sephora Mobile (E-Commerce)

📱 Redesigned checkout & basket for speed and robustness

🐞 Reduced bugs via refactoring & code quality initiatives

👥 Mentored teammates and improved team standards

Canadian Tire (Retail)

🛠️ Refactored code for maintainability

✅ Introduced unit testing practices and framework migration

Bank of Montreal (Mobile Apps)

📲 Built hybrid Android/iOS banking apps with responsive layouts

⚡ Improved performance and real-time updates for data-heavy features

Canadian Tire Digital Catalogue

🎞️ Optimized animations, caching, and lazy loading for rich media

### Product developer @ Terrasoft
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Kyiv
Built a mobile web CRM client with offline capabilities and responsive design, ensuring smooth performance across platforms and devices.

📦 Implemented offline support using FileStorage, WebSQL, and LocalStorage

🛠️ Developed a lightweight custom control kit for complex back-end logic

🌐 Wrote platform-agnostic code for Android & iOS browsers

📱 Designed responsive layouts for multiple device sizes

### Solution developer @ Terrasoft
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Kiev
Contributed to the CRM platform’s web application, focusing on integrations, maintainability, and team delivery processes.

🔗 Integrated with third-party tools like Outlook, Evernote, and more

🛠️ Enhanced core utility code for better maintainability

### Developer @ MTIS
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Worked on diverse projects including navigation systems, GIS platforms, and client-server applications, delivering custom solutions for different industries.

🗺️ Developed navigation and GIS applications

⚙️ Built client–server solutions for enterprise use

🤝 Contributed to various outsourced software projects across domains

### Developer @ Pabusily Ltd
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
Worked on a digital processing library with focus on image and sound recognition, contributing to both development and testing.

👁️ Built and tested computer vision algorithms

🎵 Implemented digital sound recognition features

🧪 Ensured quality through rigorous testing and validation

### Developer @ Liya
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
Contributed to the development and testing of ERP and BI components supporting accounting, planning, HR, and other business subsystems.

📊 Developed and tested accounting, planning, and HR modules

⚙️ Enhanced ERP/BI system components for business operations

🧪 Performed testing and quality assurance across subsystems


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
Donetsk National Technical University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/oleg-gekker

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Last updated: 2026-04-12