# Victor Babenko > Principal Engineer @ Iterable Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/victorbabenko 15 years in software engineering 9+ years of Mobile Development (Android and iOS) experience 9+ years of experience in Ruby 9+ years of experience in Javascript with Ember.js, Backbone, ExtJS and other libraries Strong knowledge of SQL and database systems Active participant of Open Source communities, contributor to multiple open source projects Deep understanding of software layers down to the lowest levels Extended experience in debugging and performance optimization ## Work Experience ### Principal Engineer @ Iterable Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Architect for the Data Platform organization, working with Engineering and Product leadership on data strategy, assisting and coordinating teams on various data-related projects, as well as other initiatives. ### Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Iterable Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Working on the high-volume data ingestion pipeline and the identity mapping & resolution system, all the way from APIs to storage. Technologies: Scala, Play, ElasticSearch, Redis, Pulsar, Kubernetes, CockroachDB, Terraform ### Staff Software Engineer - Mobile @ Iterable Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Developing mobile SDKs for Android and iOS and backend APIs for them Technologies used: Objective-C, Swift, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Angular, React, Elasticsearch ### Mobile Application Developer (Android & iOS) @ Piksoft Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Created and maintained an Android version of a top-rated scanner application Prepared updates for the iOS version of the application Created and launched a faxing app on Android and iOS, full-stack, including backend infrastructure Created custom controls and internal libraries for both Android and iOS Performed optimizations of Java and Native code Technologies used: Java, Objective C, Android SDK, iOS SDK, NDK, C, Ruby on Rails, RxJava ### Senior Ruby on Rails Developer @ SolverClub Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Designed and developed back-end in Ruby on Rails Developed front-end interactive features with AJAX using Backbone Coordinated code merges and deployments Improved SQL and rendering performance of a Rails application, reducing page load time Implemented Push Notifications with Websockets using Faye server Migrated the project to Ruby on Rails 4, discovering a bug in Rails 4 in the process; contributed the fix, extended integration tests and updated documentation Technologies used: Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Coffeescript, Backbone, Marionette, jQuery, SASS, Bootstrap, Capistrano, Faye, Draper, PostgreSQL, hstore, Sidekiq, Redis, Solr, Neo4j ### Lead Programmer @ Pepeliaev Group Jan 2007 – Jan 2012 Designed and implemented an inventory management solution for the IT department Developed a budgeting system as a Rich Internet Application using ExtJS Developed taxi booking software, integrated with taxi companies’ dispatch systems and billing software; implemented SMS notifications Coordinated the tech side of deployment and customization of an ERP system, reviewed changes and designed integration solutions Created numerous converters and integrations to ensure interoperability between corporate software Technologies used: PHP, Python, Javascript, jQuery, ExtJS, C#, MySQL, MS SQL ### Developer / Lead Developer @ Open Source Projects Jan 2007 – Jan 2012 Maintained an Open Source project - Neverwinter Nights Extender (written in C/C++/Assembler). The project is aimed at providing extra functionality to the Neverwinter Nights game. Integrated MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite drivers into the game’s scripting language. Embedded Ruby interpreter as a replacement for the game’s built-in scripting language. Optimized the game’s Toolset, improving its performance from 2x to multiple orders of magnitude in certain cases Created a RIA for server management using ExtJS with custom controls ## Education ### Specialist in IT Management State University of Management (SUM) ### Specialist in Law Moscow Open Social Academy ### Master in Law State University — Higher School of Economics ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/victorbabenko --- Source: https://flows.cv/victorbabenko JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/victorbabenko/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12