Max Koshel
Valencia, Spain
Max Koshel
Tech Lead Engineer
Scalable Systems | Nodejs, AWS, Kubernetes
Lead Software Engineer
with over 15 years of experience building and scaling cloud-native, high-traffic platforms
Strong background in platform architecture and distributed systems, with a track record of improving performance, reliability, and delivery speed. 
Bring product thinking to engineering decisions, aligning architecture and execution with user needs, business priorities, and long-term product evolution.
Professional Services Offered
Software Architecture
Design scalable, maintainable software systems tailored to your business needs.
Agile Leadership
Implement agile methodologies to enhance team productivity and project delivery.
Code Review
Provide thorough code evaluations to ensure quality and adherence to standards.
Mentoring
Offer personalized guidance to accelerate your team’s technical growth and skills.
Technical Consulting
Advise on technology choices and strategies to optimize your software projects.
Interviewing
Conduct comprehensive technical interviews to identify the best candidates for your team.
Professional Work Experience
Hyperice, Tech Lead
September 2021 — present
Hyperice is a global consumer health technology company developing performance and recovery devices used by athletes and healthcare professionals worldwide.

  • Improved performance of critical services by 4× through architecture refactoring and bottleneck removal
  • Reduced release cycle time by 12× by automating testing and deployment workflows
  • Shortened incident resolution time by improving observability and request tracing
  • Enabled stable multi-integration e-commerce operations across payment and logistics providers.
  • Designed and maintained decoupled microservices and cloud infrastructure
  • Delivered core e-commerce features.

Nerdia.io, Co-Founder and Principal Software engineer

November 2019 - December 2021
Educational platform for system design and microservices, providing hands-on, isolated Kubernetes environments for developers preparing for high-scale backend and platform roles.

  • Co-founded and led development of a cloud-native learning platform built on Kubernetes (GCP)
  • Designed and implemented 15+ microservices using event-driven architecture
  • Built secure, isolated multi-tenant environments allowing external users to run services safely in a shared cluster
  • Designed GraphQL APIs and backend services for provisioning, orchestration, and lifecycle management
  • Owned infrastructure automation, deployments, and platform reliability
  • Developed a client server for interacting with platform APIs
  • Took end-to-end ownership: architecture, implementation, operations, and maintenance.

Yandex, Lead Software Engineer

January 2016 - September 2019
Large, product-focused international technology company with Google-scale engineering standards, operating high-traffic consumer platforms. 

Scope and responsibilities
  • Worked across internal infrastructure, Maps, and marketplace platforms serving millions of daily users
  • Owned and evolved backend and frontend services in distributed, high-scale systems
  • Participated in on-call / ops rotations, supporting production systems Technical impact
  • Led migration to TypeScript and monorepo architecture, improving maintainability and release velocity
  • Built services for internal CI/CD systems handling thousands of pull requests per day
  • Developed microservices for internal in infra, Maps and Auto (B2B & B2C marketplace platforms)

Leadership, mentoring and hiring
  • Mentored junior and mid-level engineers through Yandex’s Full-Stack Development School
  • Conducted technical interviews, mock interviews, and hiring evaluations
  • Led technical workshops, code reviews, and architecture discussions
  • Supported engineer growth through ongoing feedback and career guidance

Rambler, Tech Lead

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Large consumer internet and media company operating high-traffic platforms (search, media, commerce)

  • Led technical design and delivery of user-facing product systems serving high-traffic media and commerce platforms
  • Owned frontend architecture in close collaboration with backend teams, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability
  • Defined engineering standards, conducted code reviews, and mentored developers across multiple teams
  • Worked with product managers and stakeholders on roadmapping, technical trade-offs, and delivery planning
  • Contributed to system performance improvements and long-term technical quality across Rambler.Auto, Rambler.Kassa, and internal products.
Core Technical Skills
Excel in back-end development with Node.js and Python, front-end with React, cloud platforms including AWS and GCP, and DevOps tools such as Kubernetes. 

Expertise spans modern frameworks, scalable architectures, and agile methodologies.
Education and Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Technical Security from the Belorussian University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, earned in 2010.
Notable Projects
E-Commerce Platform
Led development of a scalable e-commerce site using React, Node.js, AWS.
Troubleshooting
Shortened incident resolution time by improving observability and request tracing
Leadership
Guided numerous engineers through their professional development and technical growth
Cloud Migration
Orchestrated migration of legacy systems to AWS cloud infrastructure.
DevOps Automation
Reduced release cycle time by 12× by automating testing and deployment workflows
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