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NIKITA STOLIAROV
Flight Test · Software Engineering · ICAO English Level 5 (Extended)
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) · [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) · Kyiv, Ukraine

Profile
Fixed-wing UAS test pilot and software engineer — a rare pairing of real airmanship and production engineering. A
trained aeroplane pilot with an aviation degree, now flight-testing fixed-wing UAS, with 3+ years shipping production
software and data pipelines. Reads how the aircraft behaves in the air, writes the code, and works with customers and
engineering teams directly in English.

Professional Experience

UAS Test Pilot — Antonov Company
Apr 2026 – Present · Ukraine
Test pilot on NATO Class II fixed-wing UAS (piston engine, 300+ kg MTOW, long-range beyond-line-of-sight
operations), running flight tests and acceptance across different modifications of the platform.
• Flew the test programme — in-flight verification of propulsion, electrical, flight control, navigation and datalink
systems across platform modifications and updated procedures.
• Planned test missions and operated the ArduPilot / Mission Planner ground control station — route build-up, parameter
configuration and in-flight control of the aircraft.
• Identified production defects in testing and cleared the aircraft for delivery to the customer.
• Represented the aircraft on site to the customer and owned operator-side technical consultation.
• Worked closely with design engineers — fed operational findings back to improve the platform and refine procedures.

Backend Engineer — Krasty Soft
Jul 2024 – Present · Remote
Backend engineer specialising in internal tooling, CRM and data-heavy systems for international clients across the US,
UK, Germany, France and South Africa.
• Owned client delivery end to end in English — regular client calls, presentations, onboarding, project estimation and
led engineers through code review and mentoring.
• Built back-office and data-heavy tooling; tuned PostgreSQL database for scale.
• Designed and shipped production AI agentic systems — multi-step reasoning, tool orchestration and LLM routing.

Python Developer — ACTSE
Aug 2023 – Aug 2024 · Remote
Automation, CRM and back-office systems; team aviation-domain expert on a business-aviation product.
• Built AI intake automation for a business-aviation product: WhatsApp and email turned into trip requests in Avinode,
with leads flowing into an integrated CRM for brokers and charter managers.
• Built an aircraft-sourcing tool — AI web-search shortlisting aircraft types and live sale listings.
• Built revenue-automation and back-office infrastructure: CRM, lead distribution, multi-channel outreach.

Education

Master's Degree with Honours — Aviation Transport Systems Management
National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine · 2022 – 2023

Bachelor's Degree with Honours — Aircraft Flight Operations (Pilot)
Flight Academy of the National Aviation University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine · 2018 – 2022

Aviation Training & Licences
UAS Pilot Training — Antonov Training Centre · 2026
PPL — 50 flight hours, Cessna 172, K-10 Swift and Aero AT-3 R100 · 2019 – 2020
CPL(A) / IR theory course · 2020 – 2021
ICAO Aviation English Level 5 (Extended) · 2021

Languages
English — C1 · ICAO Level 5 (Extended) Ukrainian — native