Mikhail Zaitsev [SHORT]

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Python Django Developer | DevOps & AWS

Experienced Freelance Python Django Developer with expertise in DevOps and Amazon Web Services.

Specializing in delivering scalable, high-quality software solutions tailored to business needs. Committed to enhancing efficiency, reliability, and performance through technical leadership and innovative problem-solving.

Tech Skills

  • Programming: Python (Asyncio, Requests, Numpy, Redis, PyTest), JavaScript, HTML, CSS

  • Frameworks: Django (DRF, Celery, Caching, Admin, Forms, Django-Filters, Swagger/OpenAPI)

  • Databases: Postgres, Redis, TimescaleDB

  • Cloud: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Autoscaling, IAM, Security Groups, Boto APIs)

  • DevOps: Nginx, Gunicorn, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, Systemctl, Cron

  • Web: Jinja templates, Bootstrap

  • Networking: Pub/Sub, Stream processing, AWS VPC/SG/Subnets

  • Version Control: Git

Management Skills

  • Lead standup meetings and team retrospectives

  • Analyze customer needs and write technical specifications

  • Organize team work and conduct code reviews

  • Participate in recruitment processes

Experiences

[2024 - 2025] Dry Eye Research | Freelance Developer

  • Developed a platform for collecting and analyzing daily audio logs from patients with dry eye disease using AI.

  • Designed and deployed the platform using Python, Django, AWS, and various AI models for speech-to-text and feature extraction.

  • Ensured data privacy by executing AI models asynchronously on dedicated hardware.

Technologies: Python, Django, DRF, LangChain, AWS, Mistral AI, OpenAI, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

[2024] MaVieLocale | Freelance Python and AI Developer

  • Developed an automated tagging engine using LangChain and a Large Language Model (LLM) for efficient search functionality.

  • Implemented a vector database (ChromaDB) to link generated tags with business-defined tags, improving search relevance.

Technologies: Python, LangChain, ChromaDB

[2022 - 2023] Padam AV | Freelance Python Developer

  • Integrated autonomous vehicles into a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) system, acting as a virtual driver.

  • Developed a WebSocket microservice for telemetry data and a frontend using Django and JavaScript for real-time updates.

  • Implemented data transformation and distribution using Redis pub/sub and asynchronous tasks for decision-making.

Technologies: Python, Django, Websockets, Pytest, AWS, Terraform, Asynchronous tasks, Real-time data ingestion

[2019 - 2022] Padam Mobility | Tech Team Lead

  • Led a team of 8 developers, focusing on backoffice development for Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT) software.

  • Developed a DRT simulator and refactored the geography database system, achieving significant performance improvements.

  • Redesigned and stabilized the CI/CD pipeline, reducing execution times and costs.

  • Deployed the ELK suite for centralized logging, reducing logging costs by 50%.

Technologies: Python, Django, DRF, Pytest, PostGIS, OSRM, AWS, Terraform, Drone CI, Numpy, Asynchronous tasks, ETL

[2018 - 2019] Avicen | Entrepreneurial Project

  • Developed an edge IoT solution for fleet management, processing high-frequency data locally and uploading significant events using MQTT.

  • Set up an ETL pipeline with Azure IoT and migrated to PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB for efficient timeseries data management.

Technologies: Python, Django, DRF, django-filters, Docker, Azure IoT, MQTT, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Swagger

[2016 - 2017] Outscale | Python Developer

  • Developed tools for VM maintenance supervision and visitor management using Django and internal APIs.

  • Created a tool for API integration testing based on OpenAPI specifications.

Technologies: Python, Django, Boto, AWS, OpenAPI, LDAP, ZenDesk

[2014 - 2016] Buffactory | Entrepreneurial Project

  • Created a “GitHub for music” platform, enabling musicians to collaborate on musical projects with a git-like workflow.

  • Developed a web interface, client application, and XML parser for project management and version control.

Technologies: Python, Django, PyQT, AWS, XML Parsing

Education

  • EM Lyon: Innovation Management & Business (2016 - 2017)

  • Epitech: Software Engineering (2009 - 2014)

  • Beijing Jiaotong University: Software Engineering (2012 - 2013)

Languages

  • Fluent in French and Russian

  • Proficient in English

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