about
Igor Novitskii
Backend Engineer
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Backend engineer with 8+ years of experience. I specialise in storage systems, network protocols, async pipelines, and microservice architecture. Background in SaaS, IIoT, and blockchain/web3. I write technical articles and documentation.
Backend Engineer (Node.js / Nest)
Microservice development, splitting the tefal.ru monolith.
- Integrated the system with Yandex Search via the Ycp protocol.
- Optimised logistics calculations for priority delivery warehouse selection.
- Analysed existing solutions, refactored, led planning discussions.
Backend Engineer (Node.js / Nest)
CRM development for YourGoods.
- Built infrastructure services for stats, messaging, and event aggregation.
- Implemented a high-load event-processing module driven by subscriptions.
- Developed adapters and proxies for external data ingestion and analytics.
- Managed database migrations across teams; led onboarding and code reviews.
- Optimised full-text search across distributed services, reducing system latency.
Backend Engineer
IIoT safety portal for hazardous industrial facilities. Web services for the Tillypad accounting system.
- Built transport services for sensor data collection and message registration.
- Designed RabbitMQ and Kafka queue / exchange topologies.
- Developed an ML analytics automation service.
- Built Tillypad microservices: brand scanning, food ordering, reservations.
- Technical lead of the web dev group (2–3 people): interviews, onboarding, code reviews.
Full Stack Engineer
Information and e-commerce sites for the Complete group; IIoT portal development.
- Built a 3D engine for real-time sensor data visualisation.
- Designed and implemented a modular graphics framework.
- Migrated Complete group resources from WordPress to Yii2.
- Built HP service portal — order registration, billing, payments.
- Introduced version control and automated production deployments.
Backend Engineer (PHP / Python)
E-commerce projects, Opencart modules, investprojects.info portal.
- Shipped several production-ready online stores with courier API integrations.
- Developed Discord bots for gaming communities.
- Integrated payment terminals and external APIs.
- Built and published open-source Opencart modules.
2025
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
B.Sc. Software Engineering
2011
St. Petersburg Institute of Management and Law
B.Sc. Jurisprudence