Alexander Manzyuk

Engineering Leader | Principal Software Engineer

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Driving business outcomes through pragmatic engineering solutions and team enablement

20 Years of Experience Distilled: There's no silver bullet. Technologies change, while business, people and fundamentals stay.

Technical Expertise

Backend

Ruby, Python, Node.js

Frontend

JavaScript/TypeScript, React

Data

SQL, NoSQL, ElasticSearch, Clickhouse

Infrastructure

AWS (CDK 2.0), Azure, GCP

AI

Agentic AI, AI-based workflows
gooroo.dev, orbinote.com

Leadership

Agile, Kaizen, Ownership, Product Mindset, Result-Oriented

Work Experience

Faria Education Group
Team Leader, Engineering Manager
May 2025 - Nov 2025

ManageBac - Curriculum-First Learning Platform for 3,000+ international schools, 800K+ students worldwide.

  • Led 8-person squad (2 Backend, 2 Full-stack, 2 Frontend, 1 QA, + PM & Designer) within 100+ engineering team
  • Engineering Management: Instituted SCRUM development lifecycle to improve delivery predictability
  • Architecture: Established Rails-to-React/TypeScript migration architecture for seamless frontend modernization
  • AI: Delivered AI Assistant with authorized data access, voice commands, MCP protocol, and 3rd-party integration support
  • Analytics: Built Academic Progress Analytics Dashboard with comprehensive KPI visualization
Rails, MySQL, React, TypeScript, Agentic AI - MCP, RAG, AWS Bedrock
Kaseya
Principal Software Engineer, Engineering Manager
May 2023 - Mar 2025

vPenTest - Automated Penetration Testing tool integrated into Kaseya platform.

  • Scaled team from 5 to 12 engineers: Frontend(2), Backend(5), DevOps(3), QA(2)
  • Shifted development processes from startup to enterprise grade
  • Managed scope, sprint planning, code review, and mentoring
  • Oversaw code quality, system performance, and infrastructure security
  • Built engineering culture and implemented best practices
  • Maintained 50% hands-on development time
Ruby on Rails, Node.js/Express, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, AWS, React
Autodesk
Principal Software Engineer
Nov 2021 - Apr 2023

Flow Production Tracking - Cloud-based project management used by Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures, Epic Games.

  • Built Resource Planning feature for visualizing and optimizing artist resource allocation
  • Developed Generative Scheduling integrated with Autodesk's generative core (Golang, RESTful API, CQRS)
  • Resolved critical performance bottlenecks, improving efficiency from O(N³) to O(1) across full stack
  • Enabled successful feature release and improved workflow for ~100 engineers
Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, AWS, Python, Golang, RESTful APIs, CQRS, React
Appsberry
Engineering Team Leader, Engineering Manager
Nov 2018 - Sep 2021

Websa Cloud - Built cloud hosting platform from ground up (CDN, VPS, Cloud Storage).

  • Scaled team from 6 to 20 engineers across Frontend, Backend, DevOps, and QA
  • Achieved petabytes of daily CDN traffic with High Availability
  • Processed large amounts of metering data analyzed hourly
  • Established development processes and maintained balance between business requests and team capacity
Ruby on Rails, Sidekiq, PostgreSQL, Python, FastApi, OpenStack, Nginx, SOA, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Kafka
Railsware
Lead Engineer
May 2014 - Nov 2018

Built great products like Calendly, Coupler.io and more. Gained exceptional experience in ownership, consulting, Kaizen, and result-oriented work.

Notable: Brightbytes was acquired by Google in 2022

Ruby on Rails, Node.js, TDD/BDD, PostgreSQL, Angular, React, RESTful APIs, GraphQL
Earlier Roles
2003 - 2014
  • Svitla Systems (2013-2014): Development Team Leader for SmartBiz Loans
  • Intensol (2010-2013): Senior Software Engineer building social network aggregator (Rollme.com)
  • OpenSource.com.ua (2003-2010): Founder & CTO - Pioneered commercial distribution of open source software in Ukraine, serving tens of thousands of customers and achieving Google's top ranking for "linux" in Ukraine

Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner