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YURII YAKUSHEV
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OBJECTIVE
Python Developer experienced in building scalable backend services, API-driven platforms, and AI-assisted devel-
opment workflows. Strong background in FastAPI, Flask, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, CI/CD, and data
processing across Excel, CSV, and XML sources. Hands-on with LLM APIs, LangChain, RAG, vector search, and
modern AI coding tools including Cursor and Claude Code.

EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Sep 2019 – Jun 2023

SKILLS

Backend Python, FastAPI, Flask, REST APIs, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy
AI/ML Transformers, LangChain, LangGraph, RAG, LLM APIs, PyTorch, TensorFlow
Vector Search Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS
Database PostgreSQL, Redis, Supabase, Alembic
Cloud & DevOps AWS, S3, ECR/ECS, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD
Orchestration Airflow, Prefect
Frontend Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
Tools Cursor, Claude Code, pytest, Ruff, Git
Soft Skills Problem-solving, Communication, Teamwork

EXPERIENCE
Senior Python Developer Feb 2023 – Present
UNIT.City Remote
• Worked with different Excel sheets, CSV files, and XML documents, including data extraction, normalization,
matching, validation, and transformation workflows.
• Built and maintained logic for processing structured and semi-structured data from spreadsheets and external
file sources.
• Used AI development tools such as Cursor and Claude Code to speed up implementation, code review, debugging,
refactoring, and documentation workflows.
• Integrated AI-assisted development practices into daily engineering workflows while maintaining code quality
through testing, review, and linting.
• Worked with authentication, sessions, MFA, audience-based access rules, segment and module logic, and file
uploads with media processing in AWS S3.
• Integrated external services including Google Calendar, Firebase Cloud Messaging, and EasyPay.
• Used Docker for local development and worked with CI/CD workflows based on GitHub Actions and AWS
ECR/ECS deployment pipelines.
SoftServe Kyiv, Ukraine
Middle Software Engineer Jan 2021 – Feb 2023
• Built Jenkins jobs and CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Improved delivery reliability by standardizing release processes across environments.
• Develop and maintain backend APIs for a mobile platform using FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL,
and Alembic.

• Implemented and supported modules for booking and resources, calendar, users and groups, permissions, news,
articles/FAQ, service requests, notifications, parking, and access control.
Junior Software Engineer Oct 2020 – Jan 2021
• Built and refactored microservices in Go using standard libraries and production best practices.
• Contributed to code reviews, testing, and debugging to improve delivery quality.
Intern Software Engineer Jul 2020 – Oct 2020
• Supported maintenance and feature delivery for existing backend services.
• Worked with Harness, Jenkins, Loggly, Splunk, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, DynamoDB, Kafka, goroutines, and
Protobuf.

LANGUAGES
Ukrainian – Native English – B2