Software Engineer

Hi, I'm Mikhail Shytsko

Passionate software engineer with expertise in building modern web applications. I specialize in creating elegant solutions to complex problems.

Mikhail Shytsko
Professional Summary

About Me

Product-oriented backend developer with deep experience in Spring and passion for building scalable systems that solve real user problems. Adept at applying clean architecture and rapid iteration to achieve meaningful resultsFocused on creating value, not just writing code.

Co-founder at meetera
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meetera is the AI-powered platform that turns chaotic event planning into a 10-minute task - as a co-founder of meetera, I'm building innovative solutions to connect people and create meaningful interactions.

Experience

Work Experience

My professional journey as a software engineer

Solutions Engineer, Slovenska Sporitelna, a.s.
July 2025 - Today
Project: Internal banking projects

Owned performance of two microservices, accelerating single-request latency by 20× and significantly reducing infrastructure costs. Solely maintained and expanded an 85k-line codebase, delivering substantial budget savings.

Spring WebFlux
Reactive programming in Kotlin
Performance optimization
Software Engineer, The Designery s.r.o.
Apr 2025 - July 2025
Project: Mental Health Platform

Designed the architecture and implemented a backend application with reactive data processing, providing data streams encryption and close interaction with Google Cloud Platform environment.

Spring
Google Cloud Platform
DevOps
Software Engineer, VitSBS
May 2024 - Oct 2024
Project: Automated Certification System & Experimental IoT for Air Quality

Developed a certification automation platform and prototype IoT system, applying Spring and time-series databases to accelerate data processing, improve transaction visibility, and eliminate manual operations

Spring
MongoDB
Vaadin
Backend Developer, ArenaPizza
Oct 2023 - Mar 2024
Project: Order Management & Logistics Optimization

Designed and implemented flexible and secure schedule management and a QR coupon mailing system to increase customer engagement and marketing effectiveness.

OAuth2
Redis
Spring
Education

Education & Additional Information

Bachelor of Computer Science - Technical University of Kosice
September 2022 - June 2025

Personal achievements:

Languages:

  • Russian (native)
  • Belarussian (native)
  • Slovak (professional working proficiency)
  • English (full professional proficiency — C1 level, IELTS Academic band 8.0)
Projects

Personal Projects

Showcasing my passion for software development through personal projects

JHMS | High-Performance JVM & System Monitoring API
Java API for monitoring JVM and system metrics using GraalVM with virtual threads and native calls, reducing memory and CPU consumption
GraalVM
Project Loom
Project Panama
Endor | IoT Platform for Energy Efficiency
Scalable network of IoT devices and with mobile control application for energy management and energy usage reduction
Spring
Tasmota Firmware
Kotlin
Providentia | AI-Driven Predictive Analytics Suite
A Java-based real-time predictive analytics platform that uses machine learning algorithms and optimised computation to improve prediction accuracy
Deeplearning4j
Apache Flink
Apache Cassandra
Pulse | Retail Analytics & Inventory Management
A sales analytics and inventory management platform for retailers that improves demand forecasting accuracy and reduces excess inventory
Spring
Apache Tomcat
PostgreSQL
Contact

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Feel free to reach out for collaborations or just a friendly chat!