Vladyslav Skopenko

Backend Engineer (Python)

Vladyslav Skopenko

I build B2B platforms end to end: data model, API, integrations, deployment. Since 2025 I have been the lead backend contributor at INBULK, a digital commodity trading platform, taking it from an early stage to production.

Odesa, Ukraine · Remote

Experience

Backend Engineer (Python)

INBULK (formerly iCORN)

Mar 2025 – present Remote · Kyiv, Ukraine

Digital commodity trading platform connecting grain traders, logistics providers and financial partners. Lean team, AI-native development practices.

  • Top contributor to the codebase (84%). Designed the system architecture, drove technical decisions and shaped engineering processes while shipping the product from an early stage to production.
  • Built universal OAuth 2.0 authentication (Google, LinkedIn, Meta) in-house, replacing Auth0 and its paid subscription.
  • Logistics module: transport management, waybill (TTN) documents, driver tracking with Google Maps, Telegram bot for drivers.
  • Auction system: orders, bidding, counter-offers and templates. Dashboard analytics on SQL/CTE queries with multi-currency aggregation.
  • Document automation: PDF generation with digital-signature verification, Excel parsing for bulk imports.
  • Own the data layer: schema design and Alembic migrations on async SQLAlchemy 2.0, N+1 elimination and load testing on multi-million-row datasets.
  • Platform: WebSocket notifications, Odoo ERP, S3 and Google Maps integrations, Docker, Prometheus, background workers, CI/CD. RAG-powered AI assistant for platform management on LangChain.
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLAlchemy 2.0
  • Alembic
  • Pydantic v2
  • LangChain
  • WebSocket
  • OAuth 2.0
  • Docker
  • Prometheus
  • DigitalOcean
  • S3

Software Developer · part-time

Tekra

Mar 2024 – Jun 2026 Remote

Project-based engagement with seasonal load: started as a developer, later mostly prototypes, hypothesis checks and internal tooling on demand.

  • Cross-platform desktop application in Python/PyQt6 with a license-key generation and verification system; Inno Setup installers.
  • Automation bots for internal business processes and FastAPI backend services.
  • Multithreading optimization that cut data-processing time in the desktop app.
  • Python
  • PyQt6
  • FastAPI
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Cryptography
  • Inno Setup

Also

  • Data Science mentor at GoIT, Nov 2024 – Feb 2025: code reviews, workshops and one-on-one support for students.
  • Freelance: Telegram shop bot for an ayurveda store, May – Aug 2024. See Projects below.

Talks & media

GoIT · 2024 · mock technical interview

Технічна співбесіда на посаду Junior Python Developer

A recorded mock interview from my first year in the industry: Python fundamentals, databases, async.

Watch on YouTube

GoIT · 2024 · interview

Був барменом, став програмістом

How I moved from bartending into backend development.

Watch on YouTube

Selected projects

Open-source utilities and freelance work. The main product work at INBULK is closed-source and described above.

Freelance · 2024 · in production

Ayurveda shop Telegram bot

Shop bot on aiogram with FastAPI webhooks: catalog and cart, referral program, Monobank API integration, promo mailings from Google Sheets, two-way sync with KeyCRM.

2026 · Python · FastAPI

Auction Service

FastAPI service with live bidding over WebSocket, automatic end-time extension on late bids, Docker Compose setup and Swagger docs.

2026 · Python · React

Route visualization

Google Directions API route fetcher in Python plus a React/Leaflet viewer that renders 55k-point routes on Canvas.

2025 · Python

PDF OCR with Google Cloud Vision

Text extraction from scanned PDFs with good Cyrillic accuracy; a small wrapper around the Cloud Vision API.

2025 · Python · ReportLab

Invoice generator

PDF invoices with VAT calculation, Ukrainian fonts and automatic text wrapping in long item descriptions.

2026 · Python

Resume generator

Dependency-free Python script that renders an A4 resume from a dict to HTML and PDF. The CV on this page is built with it.

Skills

Backend
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Pydantic v2
  • SQLAlchemy 2.0 (async)
  • Alembic
  • REST API
  • WebSocket
  • OAuth 2.0
  • Aiogram
Data
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL / CTE
  • Query optimization
  • Excel / PDF pipelines
Infrastructure
  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • CI/CD (GitHub, GitLab)
  • DigitalOcean
  • S3 / boto3
  • Prometheus
  • Background workers
AI
  • LangChain
  • RAG
  • AI-native development workflow
Other
  • PyQt6
  • Multithreading
  • Google Maps API
  • Odoo ERP integration
  • Telegram bots
Languages

Ukrainian: native · English: B1

Education

Odesa National Economic University

2017 – 2021

Bachelor's degree, Finance and Banking

GoIT

2023 – 2024

Python Backend Developer program

Team lead on the capstone project, a FastAPI photo-sharing service voted best in the cohort.

Recommendations

From LinkedIn, quoted in the original language.

“Vladyslav's adept management of agile processes ensured our team remained focused and productive, while his proactive approach to problem-solving fostered a collaborative environment. Beyond his role as Scrum Master, Vladyslav demonstrated exceptional technical prowess by integrating a Telegram bot into our application.”

Viktoriia KalachovaPython Developer · Aug 2024

“On one of our training projects, Vladyslav held the position of team lead and performed his duties exceptionally well. I was particularly impressed by his innovative and high-quality ideas, which significantly increased the efficiency of our work.”

Bohdan SynytskyiPython Developer · Aug 2024

“Vladyslav was an excellent teammate, studied diligently, and always helped in challenging situations. He is a great team player and loves to use new technologies in projects.”

Andrii SamoilenkoPython Developer · May 2025
All recommendations on LinkedIn

Contact

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