PERSONAL INFORMATION

Sergey Smirnov, 11th February 1984


OBJECTIVE

PHP Software Engineer with great work experience (since 2001) in Digital Studios and Startups
Looking for interesting job opportunities. I am currently interested in a Software Engineer position. Preferably in a startup entering emerging markets

EDUCATION

2005 – 2006,
Tula State University
Master of Engineering and Technology, Control Devices
Address: Lenin av., 92, Tula, Russia, 300001

2001 – 2005,
Tula State University
Bachelor of science in Automation and Control, Control Devices
Address: Lenin av., 92, Tula, Russia, 300001

1991 – 2001,
Lyceum №1 of Schekino, Tula region
Address: Leo Tolstoy str., 49, Tula st., Schekino, Russia, 301240

WORK EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT

2024 – present time
Contract Software Engineer,
Technical support and website maintenance

2023 – present time
Startup manager
I work on BasketEvents - a platform designed to provide information about basketball teams, associations, games and tickets

2018 – 2022
Frontend Software Engineer,
myrockshows.com
I worked as a front-end software engineer on the project myrockshows.com
I’ve got experience in working with high-load project

Achievements:
  • created css tables with media queries for mobile devices;
  • created web-site css flex grids;
  • edited web-site django templates;
  • fixed python and django templates bugs;
  • improved the skill of working with git (create over 2k commits);

2015 – 2018
PHP Developer,
I worked as a technical support specialist for more than 40 sites for 5oclick.ru clients. These were mainly technical changes to sites to improve visibility in search engines. I worked with many CMS and successfully implemented fixes and best practices of web solutions for SEO

Achievements:
  • worked with a lot of CMS such as Wordpress, Bitrix, MODx, Joomla, Drupal, Prestashop;
  • successfully had implemented fixes and solutions which helped customers to get better positions in search engines;
  • used technologies sftp, ftp, ssh, Debian;
  • used Slack and Asana for communication with remotely team;




2005 – 2006
Engineer repair printers
during studies at the Institute briefly worked in IT companies as a «system administrator» and «engineer repair printers»

SKILLS

Languages: Russian Native, English B1, Polish A2/B1
Technologies: Linux Debian 11 bullseye, Nginx, php8.2-fpm, MySQL, Visual Studio, dBeaver
Backend: PHP 8.+, (oop, patterns, objects, classes), Python, MySQL, GIT (github, bitbucket), Laravel 9+, Django, Wordpress, MODx Revo
Frontend: HTML, xHTML, HTML5, CSS2, CSS3, Twitter Bootstrap, Media Queries, Responsive web design, Flex Grids, JavaScript, jQuery, MF Schema.org

OTHER

I have a driver's license. Ready to be mobile if it's necessary. Currently interested in working as a php software engineer. Preferably working remotely. It would be great if it was a startup entering in emerging markets (Latin America, Turkey, African countries, etc.)