# Yaro Skopets > Software Engineer at Tetrate Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/yaro Senior Software Engineer with an extensive (over 10 years) and diverse experience that includes: - Service Mesh development (Kuma and Envoy) - Kubernetes tooling development - Java development - Go development Capabilities: - Software Design and Development - Setting up Development Process - Development Team Leadership Personal qualities: - Task-oriented - Responsible Expectancies: Looking for Senior Software Engineer / Lead Developer position in Kubernetes / Istio / Service Mesh-related projects Language skills: English – Fluent Dutch – Beginner Russian – Native Education 2002—2007 Belarusian State University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Tetrate Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Domain: Service Mesh Key responsibilities: * Contributing to Envoy ### Software Engineer @ Tetrate Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Domain: Service Mesh Key responsibilities: * Contributing to Envoy ### Software Engineer @ Kong Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | The Hague Area, Netherlands Domain: Service Mesh Key contributions: * Developed Kuma (Universal Service Mesh). See https://github.com/Kong/kuma/graphs/contributors * Contributed to Envoy. See https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commits?author=yskopets ### Senior Software Engineer @ bol.com Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Utrecht Area, Netherlands Domain: Retail Project Description: Kubernetes-native platform tooling for company-wide Single Sign-On and Authorization. Position: Senior Software Engineer Responsibilities: - Software development Languages and Tools: Kubernetes, Go Team Size: 4 Domain: Retail Project Description: JVM agent for transparent Distributed Tracing. Position: Senior Software Engineer Responsibilities: - Software development Languages and Tools: JVM, ByteBuddy, OpenTracing, Jaeger Team Size: 2 ### Senior Software Engineer @ SaM Solutions GmbH Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | The Hague Area, Netherlands Domain: Patent Granting Project Description: Framework of SOAP and REST Web Services that automates Priority Documents Exchange between Patent Offices (such as European Patent Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Japanese Patent Office, etc). Highly performant and highly available system right in the heart of business process automation. Position: Senior Software Engineer Responsibilities: - Software development - Test automation - Load testing - Performance optimization Languages and Tools: Java SE, Java Servlet API, Spring Framework, Spring AOP, Spring WebServices, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Data REST, Spring MVC, Swagger, Hibernate, DB2 Database, Spring Security, SPNEGO/Kerberos, LDAP, SSL/TLS, X509 Certificates, Spring Insight, AspectJ, MongoDB, ElasticSearch,EhCache, Guava, RxJava, Jakarta Commons, XSLT, DWR, JavaScript, ExtJS, jQuery, Angular, Maven2/3, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, JUnit, Hamcrest, Easy Mock, XmlUnit, TestNG, Selenium2/WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Groovy, Geb, Spock, H2 Database, DbUnit, JMeter, SoapUI, Java Flight Recorder, Oracle Solaris Studio Performance Analyzer, Checkstyle, Findbugs, Cobertura, Sonar, Subversion, Jenkins, Atlassian JIRA, Atlassian Confluence Jetty, Jboss EAP Team Size: 3 ### Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead @ ExonIT Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Belarus, Minsk Domain: Electronic Document Workflow Project Description: Web-base document viewer which is a part of a complete Electronic Document Workflow Suite. Is used for quick preview of documents at different stages of office workflow. In addition to viewing capabilities application allows users to annotate documents in a way similar to PDF annotations. Supports files of PDF, RTF, TXT types and various image formats. Has strict performance and scalability requirements. Position: Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead of Local Team Responsibilities: - Software design and implementation, - Technical leadership Languages and Tools: Java SE, Java Servlet API, Spring Framework, GWT, GIN, Guava, Jakarta Commons, Ant, Maven2/3, Enterprise Architect, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, JUnit, Hamcrest, Easy Mock, XmlUnit, TestNG, Selenium, Checkstyle, Findbugs, Cobertura, Emma, Sonar, Subversion, Git, Jenkins, Gerrit, Tomcat Team Size: 5 (distributed team) ### Senior Software Engineer @ Intetics Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Belarus, Minsk Domain: Telecommunications Project Description: Expenses optimization engine in the field of mobile communications. The system analyzes billing info provided by users in order to produce recommendations how to minimize their current expenses if it's possible. The system recognizes usage template (timing of voice calling, texting and web browsing) by mean of automated data parsing: - either from PDF documents generated by mobile operator and sent to users via email and later manually uploaded by them to our system; - or from personal account statistics pages available on a web site of mobile operator. With usage template recognized the system goes through a database of all tariffs available on the market, extrapolates user's behaviour on a period of the offer and estimates user's expenses. Position: Senior Software Engineer Responsibilities: - Implementation of PDF parsers - Web Development Languages and Tools: Java SE, Java Servlet API, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Wicket, EhCache, PdfBox, Jakarta Commons, DbUnit, jQuery, Javascript, AJAX Maven2, IntelliJ IDEA, JUnit, Hamcrest, Easy Mock, Checkstyle, Clover, JProbe, Subversion, Jetty, CruiseControl Tomcat, MySQL, Amazon EC2 Team Size: 5 ### Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead @ Itransition Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Belarus, Minsk Domain: Car dealership, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system Project Description: ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system for a car dealer which spans: - Human resources - Servicing -- work orders -- scheduling -- workflow management -- activity management -- billing - Supply chain management -- Inventory -- Order entry - Access Control Large-scale enterprise application with strict scalability requirements. Position: Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead (for 5-7 developers) Responsibilities: - Requirements Estimation - Analysis, Design and Development - Setting up Development Process - Mentoring - Code Review Languages and tools: JavaEE, EJB3, JMS, Hibernate, JSF, Facelets, Richfaces, Jakarta Commons, ANTLR, Jasper Reports, Groovy Tools and environment: Maven2, Enterprise Architect, Intellij IDEA, Oracle SQL Developer, jUnit, Easy Mock, Spring Mock, Dbunit, Selenium, Fit/FitNesse, Clover, Checkstyle, JProbe, YourKit Java Profiler, VisualVM, Glassbox, JMeter, Jetty, TeamCity, Bamboo, Crucible, Confluence, IBM/Rational Clear Case, Subversion Oracle, PostgreSQL, Glassfish v2 Team Size: 25 developers + Business Analysis Team ### Software Engineer @ Itransition Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Belarus, Minsk Miscellaneous projects: - Web interface for e-wallet management at online casino - Card collectors community site - Trading Commerce Automation Software - User activities monitor for Microsoft Office Applications - E-mail migration software (between Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook) - Hospital Resource Planning System - Reports module for Yahoo web portal - PDA client of a web-based expense management system - Expense management system Position: Software Engineer Responsibilities: - Functional Development - Web Development Languages and tools: Java SE, Java Servlet API, Spring Framework, Spring MVC, Taconite, Jakarta Commons Maven2, Intellij IDEA, jUnit, Easy Mock, Checkstyle, TeamCity, JProbe, IBM/Rational ClearCase Tomcat JavaEE, EJB3, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Struts 2, Jakarta Commons, JAAS, JavaMail, Lucene, ImageMagick, JAXB2, XSLT Ant, Intellij IDEA, jUnit, TeamCity, Confluence, Subversion JBoss, PostgreSQL JavaSE, Java Servlet API, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Jakarta Commons, SWT, Acegi Security, Jasper Reports, JavaMail, Quartz Ant, Intellij IDEA, TeamCity, JProbe, jUnit, qfTest, IBM/Rational ClearCase Tomcat, PostgreSQL Java SE, Java Servlet API, .NET 2.0, C++, JDBC, Spring Framework, Jakarta Commons, Web Services, JAAS, Windows Worms Ant, Intellij IDEA, jUnit, Visual Studio .NET 2005, ReSharper, IBM/Rational ClearCase Tomcat, MySQL .NET Framework 2.0, Enterprise Library, XML, XSLT, XPath Visual Studio .NET 2005, ReSharper, IBM/Rational ClearCase .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Remoting, NHibernate, Developer Express Visual Components Rational Rose, Visual Studio .NET 2005, ReSharper, ANTS Profiler, IBM/Rational Clear Case .NET Framework 1.1, Share Point Portal 2003, ASP.NET, Web Services, ADO.NET, Infragistics Net Advantage Web Components Visual Studio .NET 2003, ReSharper, ANTS Profiler, Oracle, IBM/Rational Clear Case .NET Compact Framework, OpenNETCF Framework, Web Services, Windows Forms, MSI ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics Belarusian State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yaro-skopets-1510624b --- Source: https://flows.cv/yaro JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/yaro/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05