Nikita

NIKITA STOLIAROV
Aviation Operations · Flight Test · Client & Partner Relations · ICAO English Level 5
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Profile
UAS test pilot at Antonov with master's in Aviation Transport Systems Management and bachelor’s in Aircraft Flight
Operations (Pilot). Runs multi-crew flight-test missions. Adds 3+ years of production software engineering, including
automation for a business-aviation operator, and day-to-day work with international clients in English.

Professional Experience

UAS Test Pilot — Antonov Company
Apr 2026 – Present · Ukraine
Certified test pilot on NATO Class II fixed-wing UAS (piston engine, 300+ kg MTOW, long-range beyond-line-of-sight
operations), running flight tests across different modifications of the platform.
• Ran the flight-test programme as part of a multi-crew team — manual piloting from the transmitter (take-offs,
approaches and landings) and ground control station operation (Mission Planner / ArduPilot), including mission
planning and parameter configuration.
• In-flight verification of propulsion, electrical, flight control, navigation and datalink systems across platform
modifications and updated procedures.
• Identified production defects during testing, cleared the aircraft for delivery and represented to the customer with
operator-side technical consultation.
• Worked closely with design engineers — handed over flight-controller telemetry logs and operational findings 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 — calls, presentations, onboarding and estimation; 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 — 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 — email and WhatsApp turned into Avinode trip requests
feeding an integrated CRM for brokers and charter managers; plus aircraft sourcing, lead distribution and multi-channel
outreach tooling.

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 Licence (SARPL) — Antonov Training Centre · 2026
Controlled-airspace operations, radiotelephony, emergencies, flight safety, CRM.
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