Igor Kovryzhkin
Engineering Manager
Berlin
Summary
Engineering Manager with 10+ years of mobile development experience, and over 6 years leading and mentoring high-performing mobile development teams. Expert in Swift and Kotlin, with a strong background in both iOS and Android development. Proven ability to develop and implement strategic visions for mobile platforms, oversee complex development processes, and make critical architectural decisions. Skilled in mobile architecture patterns like MVI, MVVM, and MVC. Known for strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Passionate about pushing the boundaries of mobile technology to deliver exceptional user experiences.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Co-Founder & CTO
Bacon.tech (finance, AI)
Berlin
02.2024 - Current
- Tech co-founder of AI-driven Financial B2B SaaS startup. Responsibilities included technical strategy, implementation, deployment, security, and hiring for data and tech team. Launched in partnership with two former core members (COO and CFO) of Trade Republic.
- Launched functioning prototype in one month, which allowed to test hypothesis with first customers.
- As the main hands-on engineer on the team, was responsible for development of platform using NextJS, Python, Nginx, Celery, FastAPI, and Postgres, and deploying using GCP, MS Azure, Docker compose, and Kubernetes.
- Utilizing AI, designed system to be flexible and LLM agnostic, while using latest developments in industry, including Lanchain, Weaviate, Vespa DB, LiteLLM, Danswer, and Azure AI Studio.
- One of biggest break thoughts was in developing agentic workflows for finance, connecting to over 70 Market Data API endpoints and generating financial reports in pdf and ppt formats. Utilizing Autogen, RAG with bi-encoder and re-ranker, reflection, and task management systems.
- Prepared system for OWASP, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 compliancy standards.
Engineering Manager
Trade Republic (finance)
Berlin
11.2022 - 02.2024
- As an Engineering Manager of a Browse and Insights team, provided insights into user portfolios, and helped finding new investment opportunities. Owning 4 main screens: Wealth, Browse, Portfolio Analytics, and Search, developed biggest portion of the real estate of the app.
- Working in a growth domain, accomplished a 20% increase in user engagement, resulting in a significant revenue increase.
Engineering Manager
FREE NOW (mobility)
Berlin
03.2021 - 11.2022
- Responsible for user onboarding, profile management, KYC, and partner integration such as Google, Huawei, Revolut, Omio, Booking.com, and Facebook.
- As activation team, improved registration conversion by 8%, utilizing experimentation and data-driven decisions.
- As a frontier experimentation team, improved technical stack for AB testing, enabling company to run 3 times more experiments at a time and gain clearer insights from collected data.
Mobile Chapter Lead
FREE NOW (mobility)
Berlin
8 2020 - 2 2021
- Responsible for providing technical goals and maintain alignment within iOS chapter.
- As part of chapter's goals, enabled platform to scale from 12 to 54 million users.
- By improving QA processes, CI/CD and reporting, reduced amount of open bugs by 10 times.
- Helped to improve hiring process, and engineering mentorship program, providing support in career development, and assisting underperformers.
Senior Mobile Engineer
FREE NOW / Daimler (mobility)
Berlin
05.2019 - 08.2020
- In joint collaboration between Daimler and Free-Now, was responsible for launching self-driving taxi fleet management system, crafting mobile application on iOS (Swift), as well as in-car infotainment system on Android (Kotlin).
- In Retention and Growth domains, integrated over 4 mobility providers, including Voi, Tier, Miles, and Share Now.
- Responsible for transitioning over 6 million users from acquired company - Kapten.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive documentation for internal reference, fostering knowledge sharing within the engineering team.
Senior Mobile Engineer
Blacklane (mobility)
Berlin
6 2017 - 5 2019
- Led development of passenger app, as well as hiring and onboarding new team members, and aligning mobile developers across the company.
- Contributed to improving CI/CD and QA processes, resulting in faster product shipments and a 99.8% crash-free user experience.
Co-Founder & CTO
RAWR (consumer Hardware)
Kyiv
03.2015 - 02.2017
- As the visionary and technical leader of this project with the aim to revolutionize online presence of pets, assembled a strong engineering team and prepared the product for production.
- Transformed vision into a prototype and secured total investment of 500k USD, showcasing product at Tech Crunch SF and CES Las Vegas.
Co-Founder & CTO
Antresol (classifieds App)
Kyiv
3 2014 - 3 2015
- Leading development as tech founder, successfully launched product in 6 months, acquiring 3,500 users within first 3 days in target city - Kyiv.
- Without further development, but with growing user base, maintained 99.5% crash-free rate for 2 years until project was discontinued.
Mobile Engineer, Firtst Employee
MittenPay (POS System)
Kyiv
01.2014 - 03.2015
- As first employee of MittenPay, brought MVP version to life, set technical strategy and overseen hiring of new engineers.
- In a span of 1 year, built fully functioning product and onboarded over 12 first B2B paying customers.
Mobile Engineer
Depositphotos (photobank)
Kyiv
1 2012 - 1 2014
- As Mobile Engineer serving 1.5 million customers around the globe, was responsible for developing iOS and iPad applications, as well as launching new product "Clashot" in under 3 month.
Embedded Systems Engineer
Adron (aerospace and Defense Manufacturer)
Kyiv
1 2010 - 1 2012
- Developed embedded algorithms used in military defense systems of Ukraine, involved in prototyping 3 products - flare, anti-radar, and precision-guided munition systems.
Education
Ph.D. - Computer systems and components
National Aviation University
Kyiv 1 2010 - 1 2015
Master's degree - Information Technology
National Aviation University
Kyiv 01.2005 - 1 2010
High School Diploma -
Gymnasium Ukrainskaya
Kyiv 09.1995 - 9 2005
Skills
Technical Leadership
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Intermediate (B1)
Ukrainian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Russian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Co-Founder & CTO
Bacon.tech (finance, AI)
02.2024 - Current
Engineering Manager
Trade Republic (finance)
11.2022 - 02.2024
Engineering Manager
FREE NOW (mobility)
03.2021 - 11.2022
Senior Mobile Engineer
FREE NOW / Daimler (mobility)
05.2019 - 08.2020
Co-Founder & CTO
RAWR (consumer Hardware)
03.2015 - 02.2017
Mobile Engineer, Firtst Employee
MittenPay (POS System)
01.2014 - 03.2015
Master's degree - Information Technology
National Aviation University
01.2005 - 1 2010
High School Diploma -
Gymnasium Ukrainskaya
09.1995 - 9 2005
Mobile Chapter Lead
FREE NOW (mobility)
8 2020 - 2 2021
Senior Mobile Engineer
Blacklane (mobility)
6 2017 - 5 2019
Co-Founder & CTO
Antresol (classifieds App)
3 2014 - 3 2015
Mobile Engineer
Depositphotos (photobank)
1 2012 - 1 2014
Embedded Systems Engineer
Adron (aerospace and Defense Manufacturer)
1 2010 - 1 2012
Ph.D. - Computer systems and components
National Aviation University
1 2010 - 1 2015
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