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Goriainov Rostislav

Berlin, DE
royroev@gmail.com /royroev /rostislav-goriainov @royporoy @poroy.photo +49 152-283-14866

Summary

🔧 Engineering Manager | Technical Leader | Platform & Product Teams
🎓 Degree in Applied Mathematics and Informatics

Engineering Manager with 15 years of experience in web development and 7 years leading product and platform teams (2–20 engineers). I work closely with engineers, product, and design to deliver reliable software and scale teams over time. I have a strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud and containerized infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), and custom CI/CD pipelines. Most of my work has been on B2B SaaS products for the European market, with a focus on steady delivery, maintainable architecture, and team stability.

🇬🇧 English | 🇩🇪 Learning German

Hybrid or on-site in Germany (valid work permit Blue Card) 🇩🇪 or remote worldwide 🌍

Experience

Yoffix
Hybrid Workplace Platform, Berlin

Engineering Manager

Oct 2022 - Present

Context

B2B SaaS product for office space and hybrid work management used by mid-size and enterprise companies in Europe.

Leadership & Day-to-Day Work

  • Responsible for a cross-functional engineering team (frontend, backend, QA, UX) and day-to-day delivery.
  • Worked on planning, prioritization, and clarifying scope together with product and stakeholders.
  • Took care of hiring, onboarding, regular 1:1s, and feedback.
  • Balanced feature work with technical debt and maintenance.

Architecture & Systems

  • Worked on the architecture of booking flows, office plan editor, access rules, and integrations.
  • Supported and reviewed infrastructure decisions on AWS, including event-driven components.
  • Introduced basic observability, monitoring, and alerting to improve reliability.

Integrations

  • Built and maintained integrations with Microsoft (Azure AD, SSO, SCIM, Outlook Calendar, MS Teams App & Bot).
  • Worked on integrations with Google Workspace, Personio, and Slack.

Security & Compliance

  • Led the full ISO/IEC 27001 certification process, including preparation, gap analysis, policy definition, risk assessment, internal controls, audits, and coordination with external auditors.
  • Worked across engineering, product, and operations to align processes with information security requirements.

Results

  • Product reached top positions in its category on OMR and Capterra.
  • Used by companies such as Spar, Babel, and HirschenGroup.
  • Delivery became more predictable and incidents easier to track and resolve.
Tech: TypeScript, React, Node.js · AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · Terraform · GraphQL

Sber
Banking Sector, Moscow

IT Lead

Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
  • Coordinated several engineering teams working on internal banking systems.
  • Helped improve collaboration between teams and reduce delivery delays.
  • Worked on automating release processes and reducing manual steps.
  • Participated in redesigning a high-load ARIS application to reduce operational work.
  • Took part in updating the technical interview process and onboarding flow.
Focus: Team coordination, delivery processes, enterprise systems

Domclick
Online Real Estate Platform, Moscow

IT Lead

May 2019 - Oct 2021
  • Worked on standardizing hiring and onboarding practices.
  • Helped launch an internal learning platform for interns and junior engineers.
  • Supported engineers in their professional growth and daily work.

Platform & Systems

  • Participated in building a shared UI Kit and design system used across products.
  • Worked on a zero-code landing page platform for fast business experiments.
  • Helped introduce a shared E2E testing platform for multiple teams.

Earlier Experience (Selected)

  • Lead Frontend Developer — Domclick (2017–2019)
  • Frontend / Full-Stack Developer — Chefmarket, JazzTour (2013–2017)

Education

Kursk State University

Advanced training courses in programming
2007 - 2008

Kursk State University

Specialist degree in mathematics and programming Specialist, Applied mathematics and computer science
2007 - 2012

Publications

Why a company needs a dedicated Frontend Core team and how we implemented the system design [link]

Oct 2020

Building a system for monitoring the quality of frontend projects [link]

Jan 2021

Let's adapt Crosby's 4 absolute quality principles in the context of software development [link]

Jul 2021

Hard Skills

  • Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP
  • Web Backend: NodeJS, Express, REST, GraphQL, Kafka
  • Web Frontend: React, Next, HTML, CSS, ExtJS, Redux, Redux Toolkit, Saga, Webpack
  • Databases: MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis
  • DevOps: AWS, Terraform, Serverless, Docker, Nginx, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Test Automation, CDN
  • Management: Cross-functional team management, Kanban, Scrum, Strategy, Hiring, Mentoring, OKRs
  • Common: Analytics, SEO, Marketing, A/B testing

I also create music, which you can check out here: