Stepan Grigorovich

Experience

• 2025 - 2025

  Software Engineer @ ButtonAI

  Remote

  Summary:

  • Worked remotely in a core team of three: CEO and two lead engineers.
  • Coordinated delivery with five external specialists in advertising, search-query optimization, and related marketing disciplines.
  • Owned backend improvements and contributed to cross-platform product UI; collaborated with ML/AI workstreams and external marketing expertise.

  Achievements:

  • Reduced CI/CD build time by ~40% by migrating dependency management from Poetry to uv.
  • Moved long-running marketing-data and AI-agent workflows to Dramatiq workers, returning immediate accepted responses instead of blocking requests.
  • Refactored backend business logic into modular functions and tasks, improving testability and safer iteration on background workflows.
  • Configured FastMCP integration for AI-agent communication and supported reliable module integration with ML/AI workstreams.
  • Contributed to the React/React Native product UI with Tamagui, Zustand, TailwindCSS, Solito, and Storybook.

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  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Tamagui
  • Vercel
  • FastAPI
  • GCP
• 2024 - 2024

  Software Engineer @ Gehtsoft USA LLC

  United States

  Summary:

  • Developed and maintained JavaScript and Java components in a cross-platform codebase.
  • Investigated performance and memory issues in shared library code.
  • Improved testing and delivery standards for the team.

  Achievements:

  • Built a client to simulate user behavior and exercise backend load scenarios.
  • Isolated and fixed memory leaks in shared library code.
  • Introduced ESLint and Prettier to standardize delivered code.

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  • JavaScript
  • Java
• 2018 - 2023

  Founding Software Engineer @ Startup in advertising

  Mersin, Turkey

  Summary:

  • Co-founded and led the engineering of a custom ad-management platform from scratch.
  • Designed and delivered the core MVP using Meteor.js and Vue.js.
  • Managed and coordinated a remote team of four layout, design, and QA engineers.

  Achievements:

  • Designed and created MVP using Meteor.JS and Vue.JS
  • Managed a remote team of 4 individuals (layout, design, testing)
  • Developed mobile applications from scratch using Java, Kotlin, and Swift

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  • JavaScript
  • MongoDB
  • Java
  • Swift
• 2013 - 2018

  Software Engineer @ Dealer-FX

  Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Russia

  Summary:

  • Developed new features and enhanced existing functionality for a specialized dealership automation system.
  • Ensured intuitive appointment scheduling and automated maintenance reminders to streamline service operations.
  • Designed and integrated a manager chat room and the DFX Lines module to automate task distribution among dealership employees.

  Achievements:

  • Contributed to web product using React, AngularJS, and Angular 2
  • Refined backend using C#
  • Developed chat room for managers and DFX Lines task distribution module
  • Optimized memory usage and loading times via Chrome DevTools

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  • JavaScript
  • Angular
  • C#
  • React.js
  • Scrum
  • Git
• 2012 - 2013

  Lead Software Engineer | Founding Engineer @ Fanwave LTD

  Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Russia

  Summary:

  • Joined as the first engineer, architecting and building early-stage products from the ground up.
  • Built the 'GetApps' aggregator system from scratch in six months utilizing Java, Android, and Objective-C.
  • Led the design and integration of the 'SocialWiFi' loyalty system, covering router firmware (Python, Bash) and custom servers (Flask, CouchDB).

  Achievements:

  • Led development of a comprehensive social Wi-Fi ROI solution
  • Developed GetApps aggregator system from scratch using Java, Objective-C
  • Developed admin console using Play Framework (Scala)
  • Established custom server using Flask + CouchDB for social media APIs

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  • Java
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Scala
• 2008 - 2012

  Lead Software Engineer in R&D Department @ Promelektronika

  Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Russia

  Summary:

  • Held a key role in the R&D department developing automatic locomotive signaling via radio channel for high-speed trains.
  • Led development of a dispatch automation solution to optimize train operations, safety, and minimize downtime.
  • Designed a streamlined software architecture including a Qt/C++ locomotive status display and a Spring/Java/PostgreSQL backend.

  Achievements:

  • Led development of dispatch automation solution optimizing train operations
  • Designed architecture including Qt/C++ UI, Spring/Java backend, and SVG/AJAX workstation
  • Enhanced Automatic locomotive signaling using radio channel for high-speed safety

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  • Qt
  • C++
  • Spring
  • Java
  • PostgreSQL
  • Modbus
  • TCP
  • UDP
  • jQuery
  • JavaScript
  • SVG
  • AJAX