Roman Kubar

Tech leader with 17+ years spanning backend engineering, distributed systems, and DevOps. I build and lead cross-functional teams, launch products end-to-end, and design pragmatic, well-documented architectures. Background includes refactoring monoliths to microservices, high-throughput messaging, API/data platforms, and reliability with strong observability and incident practices. I drive technological modernization, establish hiring/onboarding, and align stakeholders from business to engineering.

Core skills

• Leadership & delivery: tech leadership, team building, stakeholder communication, incident reviews, hiring/onboarding.
• Architecture & backend: microservices, API design/integrations, ADRs, performance tuning.
• Languages: Go, Python, C/C++, Kotlin, Java.
• Messaging & streaming: Kafka, RabbitMQ, NSQ.
• Data stores: PostgreSQL, Redis, ClickHouse, MongoDB.
• DevOps & platforms: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
• Observability & QA: Prometheus, Grafana, Allure.
• Frontend: React, Next.js.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

LLC "Fabrique Studio" - Remote • IT, System Integration, Internet
Sep 2021 — Present (4 yrs 1 mo)

• Led cross-functional teams (backend, frontend, QA, DevOps, analysts, architects).
• Launched new projects: requirements, architecture, estimates, team assembly, task decomposition.
• Delivered from API integrations to web apps, mobile super apps, ML video analytics, and protocol reverse-engineering.
• Designed/refined architectures with documented "Architectural Decisions".
• Stakeholder communications from business to developers to ensure outcomes.
• Standardized monitoring integration and operations (response protocol, role model).
• Participated in critical incident reviews; enforced documentation practices.
• Took over running projects for maintenance and support.
• Built hiring pipeline and performed deep technical evaluations.
• Created onboarding process and tracked its effectiveness.

Lead Software Engineer

LLC “Online” - Moscow, sms-online.com • IT, System Integration, Internet
Nov 2012 - Sep 2021 (8 yrs 11 mos)

• Built and maintained 10+ integrations with external systems.
• Refactored a monolith into microservices; improved performance of key services.
• L3 on-call rotations ensuring 24/7 reliability.
• Implemented a high-performance SMPP server with flexible routing.
• Contributed in architecture committees; authored proposals.
• Proposed & led a gradual shift from Perl to Go, expanding team capacity and performance.
• Introduced Docker once production-ready; rebuilt deployment from manual to CI/CD.
• Integrated Nomad for orchestration; later evolved to Kubernetes.
• As team lead, launched two new products from scratch; managed 2 teams (3-5 engineers each).

Head of Computing Center

College of Electronic Engineering — Kuznetsk • Education
Feb 2008 — Jun 2012 (4 yrs 5 mos)

• Managed and modernized the entire hardware fleet; centralized workstation administration.
• Balanced Internet uplinks; performed network installation and cabling.
• Connected remote buildings into a unified network; installed and supported a virtual PBX.
• Led 2 lab assistants; delivered technical support for regional Olympiads.