# Oleksandr (Alex) Sulakov

> Senior Software Engineer

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

I am passionate about creating software with the user in mind, designing applications with a useable and intuitive user interface experience. I also strive to write highly readable and easily maintainable source code, following agile methodologies and scrum practices.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Privateer Space
Jan 2024 – Present
ReactJS | NextJS | Mapbox | Kepler | Docker | HTML | CSS | JavaScript | Typescript | Python

### Senior Software Engineer @ Orbital Insight
Jan 2024 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
ReactJS | NextJS | Mapbox | Kepler | Docker | HTML | CSS | JavaScript | Typescript | Python

### Software Engineer (full stack) @ Sojern
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
React.js | JavaScript | Typescript| HTML | CSS | Redux | Apollo | Hasura | PostgreSQL | Go | Python

- Develop and maintain frontend web applications using Typescript, Javascript, React (+ Hooks), and Redux
- Stylize UI components with SASS
- Utilize Hasura and Postgresql for database management and optimization.
- Implement and optimize RESTful APIs for efficient data retrieval and manipulation.
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Golang, with a focus on gRPC communication protocols.
- Utilize gRPC to build efficient and high-performance communication channels between microservices.
- Use Gerrit and Jenkins for code reviews, continuous integration, and continuous deployment processes.
- Implement Jira to create and manage user stories, tasks, and sprints, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information.
- Act as a Scrum Master for one of company's Agile teams.

### Full stack Web Developer @ DRISHTICON
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Fremont, California, United States
React.js | JavaScript |  Redux | Hooks | HTML | CSS | MaterialUI | Node.js | Express.js | MongoDB | Swift
Contract projects:
Quanergy
- Develop new UI components in React.JS with Hooks
- Wire up pages to the Java based APIs 
- Implement SSE (Server Sent Event) to handle live stream data coming from Java SpringBoot server

DC-Messenger 
- Design and Implement MERN architecture building web application: React frontend (+ Hooks), Node.js (Express.js) backend and MongoDB database
- Utilize AWS tools to deploy application to production (frontend AWS S3, backend AWS EC2)
- Build iOS application (XCode - Swift)

Tindav 
- Build an iOS frontend application.
- Create RESTFull API (Node.js).
- Work with AWS S3 to organize storing all media data, such as profile images.
- Make improvements in the backend using Node.js and Express library.

Epixego I Jobs & Internships platform | NodeJS - Selenium Web Driver - Elasticsearch | React.js
- Design and implement UI components and page layouts in React.js.
- Design and implement backend using Node.js Framework.
- Create part of the backend which parses web pages and extracts internships and jobs using Selenium Web Driver.

### Full stack Web Developer @ Lexsoft Development Inc
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Sacramento County, California, United States
Next.js | JavaScript | Typescript | Redux | Node.js | MongoDB | Webpack

- Build UI pages (MaterialUI + custom components)
- Create logical layer (Redux, auth flow)
- Build RESTFull API (NodeJS)
- Create and manage MongoDB database
- Devops work (AWS)

### Software Engineer @ Odessa National Polytechnic University
Jan 2003 – Jan 2008 | Odessa, Ukraine
Build Software for chemical reactors and other equipment for pharmacy industry


## Education
### Master's degree in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences
Odessa Polytechnic National University
Jan 2003 – Jan 2008

### Best Agile practices
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022

### Web Development
Web Development, San-Francisco, CA
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### iOS development
iOS Development School, Austin, TX
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018


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

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Source: https://flows.cv/oleksandr
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/oleksandr/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22