# Uladzislau Rybakou - Backend / Full Stack Engineer

> Backend-focused Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience specializing in Node.js (TypeScript, NestJS), PostgreSQL, high-performance distributed systems, and AI-driven development workflows. Available for full-time roles.

## Contact Information
- Website: https://rybakou.com/
- Email: rybakou.uladzislau@gmail.com
- Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
- GitHub: https://github.com/rybakouvlad
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rybakou
- Telegram: https://t.me/UladzislauR

## Core Technical Skills
- Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL
- Backend Frameworks: Node.js, NestJS, Express, REST APIs
- Databases & Queues: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Kafka, BullMQ
- AI & Agentic Workflows: AI Agents, Claude, Antigravity IDE, Custom Skills, Cursor
- DevOps & Testing: AWS (RDS, SQS, ECS, Lambda), Docker, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), Jest, Git

## Work Experience

### Backend Developer | Blask (Jul 2024 — Jun 2026)
- Database Engineering & Migrations: Managed complex PostgreSQL schemas, optimized analytical queries, and executed secure database updates across microservices.
- System Integrations: Engineered resilient cross-system integration pipelines using Kafka, BullMQ, and Redis with Dead Letter Queues (DLQ).
- Architecture & Testing: Developed scalable REST APIs with NestJS/TypeScript and comprehensive unit/E2E test suites (Jest).
- AI-Driven Development: Utilized agentic AI workflows (Antigravity IDE, Claude) to accelerate infrastructure refactoring and automated code extraction.

### Full Stack Developer | DIBSCapital (Jun 2022 — Jun 2024)
- Third-Party Integrations: Connected internal core systems with North Capital KYC, InvestReady, Stripe for secure data flow.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Managed Node.js backend services on AWS (ECS, Lambda, RDS).
- Feature Delivery: Built full-stack solutions combining Node.js backend with React frontend interfaces.

### Backend Developer | Nublecraft (Apr 2021 — Jun 2022)
- System Modernization & API Development: Refactored legacy codebases and built reliable REST APIs with Node.js.

### Live Video Streaming Engineer | Specmedia (Mar 2017 — Jun 2020)
- Infrastructure Management: Maintained live video streaming infrastructure and network pipelines.

## Education
- Engineer (Information Technologies & Systems in Logistics), BSUIR IIT, Minsk (2008 — 2013)
- Rolling Scopes School (2019 — 2020)