Nikolay Zemelko
Nikolay Zemelko

Senior Python Backend/AI Engineer | 7+ Years | AWS, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Kubernetes | Remote | B2B

Open to offers · Member since 6 Oct 2026
Location
Yerevan, Armenia
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Contract
Experience level
Senior

About

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mail: zemelko1989@gmail.com
telegram: t.me/suchawiseman
linkedin.com: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zemelko/

I am a Senior Python Backend Engineer with over seven years of experience building high-load backend systems, microservices, and data-intensive platforms for fintech, regtech, telecom, pharmaceutical, and enterprise products.

I specialize in Python backend development with Django, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and AWS. My work includes designing scalable REST and gRPC APIs, event-driven systems, distributed services, and reliable production-grade backend platforms.

I have strong experience in database architecture and performance optimization, including PostgreSQL and ClickHouse query tuning, schema design, analytical workloads, ETL pipelines, and streaming data processing. I have improved heavy query latency from seconds to sub-second response times.

I work hands-on with cloud infrastructure and operations, including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/OpenSearch. I focus on reliable deployments, monitoring, observability, and high system availability.

I also build AI-assisted backend solutions, including LLM API integrations, RAG workflows, MCP-based agents, and automation tools. I am open to worldwide remote opportunities and B2B contract roles.

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Experience

Career history

Senior Python Developer Big3

I work on a telecom regulatory reporting platform serving approximately 12,000 registered users during peak reporting periods.

- I designed a hybrid backend architecture using Django core services and FastAPI microservices, built high-performance APIs, real-time analytics capabilities, configurable workflows, and a dynamic form builder with complex validation rules.

- I developed event-driven notification and data pipelines with Kafka and WebSockets, as well as Airflow ETL workflows integrating REST, SOAP, and SFTP data sources.

- I implemented a hybrid RAG AI data-mapping assistant using autonomous MCP agents, automating more than 85% of raw data schema verification, reducing document processing time by 40%, and lowering LLM API costs by 32%.

- I designed Kafka-to-OpenSearch streaming analytics for near-real-time search over multi-million-record datasets.

- I optimized PostgreSQL and ClickHouse installations exceeding 250 GB and 750 tables, reducing heavy query latency from more than 10 seconds to sub-second responses through indexing and schema migrations.

- I also supported 99.99% uptime for over 1,500 concurrent users using Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Senior Python Developer BIOCAD

I engineered and maintained corporate analytics and regulatory reporting services for pharmaceutical manufacturing, R&D, pharmacovigilance, laboratory, clinical, commercial, and operational workflows.

- I developed backend services that enabled reporting and analytics across multiple pharmaceutical business domains.

- I implemented RabbitMQ-based asynchronous communication between internal microservices, LIMS/ERP systems, and external platforms.

- I also created and maintained Airflow ETL pipelines that aggregated data from internal systems and external APIs, including financial, medical, regulatory, and pharmaceutical registry integrations.

- I led migration of legacy Celery background jobs to Airflow, improving batch-processing reliability, scheduling transparency, and operational monitoring.

- I optimized analytical SQL queries and database-side logic, improved large-scale report generation and pharmaceutical metric calculations, and maintained GitLab CI/CD pipelines for stable automated testing and deployments.

Python Developer Innotech Group

I developed a GetCourse alternative platform for managing lesson content, courses, homework assignments, and mobile application APIs for iOS and Android. I built RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL.

I implemented JWT authentication for mobile clients, Redis caching for API endpoints, and GraphQL endpoints. I refactored the test generator with additional question types and Amazon S3-based media storage, and integrated push notification delivery through Firebase.

I wrote unit tests using pytest-html and freezegun, worked with Docker and Docker Compose, and introduced Black and mypy to improve code consistency, typing, and code quality.

Education

Learning history

Saint Petersburg State University

Bachelor's Degree

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