Dmitry Stepanov

Senior Software Engineer • Java / Spring Boot / Kafka / Kubernetes

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Profile

Senior / Lead Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience designing and scaling high-load backend systems across fintech and product companies. Expert in building reliable, cloud-native architectures processing millions of daily requests. Strong track record of leading teams, optimizing complex systems, and driving measurable business impact through performance and reliability improvements.

Core Skills

Java (11–17), Spring Boot, Kafka / RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL / MySQL, Redis, Docker / Kubernetes, CI/CD, Prometheus / Grafana

Contacts

Email: stdmitry@gmail.com

LinkedIn: Dmitry Stepanov

Telegram: DmitryAlmighty

Employment History

Senior Java Developer — Revolut, Dubai
Jul 2023 — Oct 2024
  • Led a team of 5 engineers maintaining a high-load portfolio valuation service used by millions of customers daily.
  • Refactored and modularized a legacy codebase, enabling faster feature delivery and safer deployments.
  • Optimized SQL queries and caching, cutting API response time from 10 s to under 1 s.
  • Reduced log noise and critical errors by 80 %, improving observability and incident response.
  • Delivered analytics, valuation models, APIs with zero downtime.
  • Owned on-call rotations, triaged and resolved critical outages and performance degradations.
Team Lead — Dats.team, Moscow
Aug 2018 — Jun 2023
  • Led backend development in a fintech platform handling thousands of transactions per second.
  • Designed a domain-specific language (DSL) for automated end-to-end testing, reducing test time by 60 %..
  • Built and maintained high-load financial microservices ensuring zero downtime.
  • Streamlined integrations with 20+ external providers, reducing onboarding from weeks to days.
  • Developed a shared monitoring/logging library that cut troubleshooting time and improved incident visibility.
Tech Lead — Delivery Club, Moscow
May 2016 — Jul 2018
  • Led feature development for one of the largest food delivery platforms in Russia.
  • Designed and implemented order repeat feature, boosting orders by 6 %.
  • Built a scalable voucher and promotions system to support customer discounts and massive marketing campaigns.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with mobile and product teams to ensure smooth rollout and high availability.

Education

Computational Economist (Applied Information Science in Economics), Ryazan State Radio Engineering University — 2005–2010