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Mykola Solodukha
CTO / Senior Python Developer
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Profile
Product-focused CTO / Senior Python Developer with 8 years of experience building systems from concepts to production. Top 1%
Python Developer on Upwork. Founded socket.agency — an AI-first dev firm. I also run an in-house R&D division to ship PoCs fast
and open-source projects. I led the development of cattix.com, owning architecture, backend (FastAPI/Postgres), AI pipeline (MongoDB,
RabbitMQ), and deployment (GithubAction, Docker). Created developer frameworks and dialog-bot platforms that cut feature delivery
time. Expert in Python, system architecture, code design and quality, Docker, CI/CD, and AI/LLM integration.

Skills
Python/Go + Databases FastAPI/Django
Expert Expert
asyncio, threads, TDD, DDD, pytest, pydantic, Postgres, MongoDB, ClickHouse OpenAPI, REST, SSE, GraphQL

Deployments Frontend
Expert Skillful
Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Dokku, Ubuntu Server, WireGuard React, Next.js, Astro, Node.js

Employment History
socket.agency Kyiv, Ukraine
Founder & CTO Mar 2026 — Present
• Founded an AI-powered web development agency with an experimental R&D division, shipping 10+ projects across autonomous
trading agents, AI behavioral analysis, secure communications, and GEOINT.
• Built production projects: AI-powered kanban boards (Claude integration), e-commerce platforms, payment integrations (Stripe, Mono
Bank), multilingual charity platforms.
• I'll pass this agency to my parthners when I'm employed full-time, so as much as great experience it was, I'm more of a team player.

CATTIX Lviv, Ukraine (Remote)
Solution Architect / Full-Stack & DevOps Dec 2024 — Mar 2026
• Designed and built the full architecture for an AI-powered Google Ads optimization platform (cattix.com), owning backend
(FastAPI/Postgres/MongoDb), integrations (Google Ads API, Meta Merketing API), and DevOps (Docker, Dokku, DigitalOcean).
• Developed a self-improving AI algorithm that analyzes advertising data to generate tailored actions, achieving 3.2x ROI increase.
• Managed end-to-end deployment and infrastructure, scaling the product through public beta.

Learning Planet Institute Paris, France (Remote)
Python Developer Jun 2023 — Dec 2024
• Developed a framework for building dialog bots, electro, decreasing the time it takes to deliver a feature from a week to about 2 hours.
• Engineered a unified backend as a source of truth.

Primer.io London, UK (Remote)
Python Developer Feb 2022 — Dec 2022
• Created the next-generation developer framework and designed 12+ highly secure and versative API connections.

Education
Ukrainian Academy of Leadership Leadership
Kyiv • Sept 2019 — Jun 2020
Improved my soft skills through constant exposure to physical, mental, and emotional challenges (e.g. running every day, studying from
9 AM to 10 PM, etc.)
Novovolyns'k Lyceum Boarding School Chemistry/Biology High School Degree
Novovolyns'k • Sept 2015 — Jun 2019
Won the Chemistry and Computer Science Olympiads every year (at both regional and national levels). Chemistry Olympiad Gold Medal
(Regional). Science Tournament 1st Place (National).