Maksym

Maksym Kotkov
Software Developer

Narva, Estonia [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) maksymkotkov @ gmail.com github.com/mkotkov

Personal statement

I am a designer and frontend developer with over 5 years of experience in web and application development. I graduated
from the Kood/Jõhvi programming school as a Top 10 achiever, and I am currently studying Information Technology Systems
Development at the University of Tartu.My background combines UI/UX design with frontend development using JavaScript,
Golang, and Python. I have worked on 30+ projects, creating UX prototypes, design systems, and user interfaces for both
startups and larger organizations.I value clear communication, well-defined tasks, and continuous learning, and I am
motivated to contribute to high-quality, well-designed digital products.

Projects

Estonian Feed github.com/mkotkov/estonian-feed
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Telegram bots aggregating news and job postings from Estonian media sources; built as a Java
17 + Spring Boot Maven multi-module project.
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Uses Spring Data JPA with PostgreSQL for persistent storage, scheduled fetch jobs,
deduplication logic, and a multilanguage interface (ET/RU/EN/UK).
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Containerized with Docker and Docker Compose for deployment on a VPS.
Forum github.com/mkotkov/forum
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Web forum built in Go with user registration, authentication, posts, comments, likes, and category filtering, backed by a

relational database.

S ocial-network https://github.com/mkotkov/social-network
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Web application consuming a REST API to visualize artist and concert data, with server-side logic written in Go.

Additional coding exercises: logistics-simulation-game ( a console-based logistics simulation in Python using OOP principles),

mini-framework ( custom DOM manipulation).

W or k e x p er i ence Edu cat on i

UX/UI D esigner U niversity of Tartu 2024 – present

Piranius · Apr 2018 – May 2022 · 4 years IT Systems D
evelopment

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Designed adaptive interfaces for web and mobile

applications Kood Jõhvi
/ 2023 – 2025
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D eveloped interactive prototypes and user f
lows F k f
ull-Stac So tware D
evelopment

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Worked with structured product logic and technica l

co mmu nication
D onetsk National Technical University 2016 – 2021
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C ollaborated on iterative product development processes D esign Engineer (M aster)

Pro g ramm i n g L an gu a g es L an gu a g es :
Java, Python, J avaScript, TypeScript, Go, B ash Ukrainian — Native

Russian — Native

DATABASES & BACKEND Estonian — B2

S QL, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Spring Boot (basic), Docker English — B1/B2

T ools & f rame w or s k

Git, Linux, Figma, VirtualBox, SolidWorks, React, Next.js