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MAXIM GRIGORIEV
Ukraine | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | LinkedIn | GitHub

PROFILE
Backend Developer with hands-on experience in Go, working in cross-functional teams to build and extend game
engines and service infrastructure for slot games. Skilled in designing REST APIs and gRPC for reliable
inter-service communication. Also experienced in developing mathematical models for game mechanics.

WORK EXPERIENCE
EJaw – Go Developer December 2025 – July 2026
• Developed backend components of a game engine, implementing game logic and internal mechanics, and
collaborated with frontend developers during integration.
• Created mathematical configurations and implemented metrics for balancing and evaluating game mechanics.
• Identified and debugged game engine issues in collaboration with QA engineers.
• Extended and maintained game engine SDK by adding new features that simplified and optimized game
development workflows.
• Enhanced and refactored internal service infrastructure, built REST API endpoints, and implemented gRPC
integrations with core backend services for business logic and data storage.
• Covered newly implemented features with unit and integration tests, ensuring reliable releases.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Language: Golang
Databases: PostgreSQL, SQLite
Tools & Technologies: Docker, REST API, gRPC, Git, CI/CD, Postman, AWS S3, Redis, Kafka, ArgoCD,
Swagger
• Postman – used for testing API requests and identifying errors.
• AWS S3 – used to store and retrieve application data in cloud storage, ensuring reliable and scalable access to data.
• Redis – used as an in-memory data store for fast read/write operations and caching frequently accessed data to improve
application performance.
• Kafka – used for asynchronous processing of events between services and for message exchange in a distributed system.
• ArgoCD – used for viewing and monitoring deployed applications in Kubernetes.
• Swagger – used for documenting REST API endpoints and testing backend services.

Testing: Unit Testing, Integration Testing

EDUCATION
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine 2019 – 2022
Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity

COURSES
Web Development with Python – STEP Nov 2022 – May 2023