I am an experienced Engineering Manager specializing in Site Reliability Engineering. I live in the Netherlands and work at Booking.com, and I still enjoy it 😉.
I used to support DevOps-related conferences in Russia as a Program Committee member. These included Highload++ in Moscow, DevOops in St. Petersburg, RIT++ festival, and DevOpsConf. I reviewed talks before they were publicly presented.
For many years, I have focused on building high-performing SRE teams. I care deeply about people, growth, and respectful, direct feedback.
My technical background is in Linux, Python, Go, shell automation, configuration management, Docker, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL, with a strong focus on running reliable systems at scale.
I use AI when it creates clear value: faster analysis, better automation, and more effective engineering workflows.
Outside of work, I enjoy building side projects with AI. One of them is a Telegram bot, Easy Recall Bot, which helps users learn foreign-language vocabulary through spaced repetition.
Another is dash14, a Go application for volleyball match control during live streams. It renders OBS-ready HTML overlays, is controlled through a Telegram bot, and powers the score overlay on our team's game streams.
I build dash14 together with a teammate from my volleyball team. We collaborate in GitHub through issues and detailed specifications, and we use Codex and Claude Code to produce the implementation.
I love running and hiking for health and mindfulness. I also enjoy volleyball because it is a true team game built on communication, coordination, and support.
At Booking.com, I lead a team of 10 engineers responsible for core reliability and security capabilities: secret management, configuration management, and certificate management. Our platforms power highly loaded, business-critical services, with a focus on resilience, safety, and operational simplicity at scale.
Before Booking.com, I spent 10 years at Ecwid and grew from System Administrator to Head of IT Operations. I helped build a strong Ops organization and introduced key engineering practices, including monitoring, log management, configuration management, and one-button upgrade automation.
