Peter Tolkachev
Summary
Lead full-stack engineer and tech lead, 7+ years in software development with a focus on fintech and banking. At Alfa-Bank I lead the feature-toggle direction at bank scale; at IT_One I developed the Unleash platform as engineer and tech lead. Cut production incidents by ~25% and release time by ~30% with feature flags, lifted user satisfaction by ~15% via A/B tests, and sped up the HSE portal (40,000+ users) from 30 seconds to 1.
Key achievements
Skills
Experience
Alfa-Bank
2024 — presentI own feature-management practice at bank scale: how dozens of product teams ship, test and roll back functionality safely. I work as both engineer and technical lead of the direction.
IT_One
Aug 2023 — 2024Developed and extended Unleash, a feature-flag management platform, as engineer and technical lead. This is where feature toggles went from a single technique to my engineering specialisation.
HSE University
Sep 2020 — Aug 2023Built portal systems for HSE University, one of the most technology-forward universities in the country, used daily by 40,000+ students and staff. Full-stack work spanning Node.js backend services and Vue SPAs.
Potok.io / TalentTech
Jul 2019 — Nov 2020Built an employee survey and engagement system inside the TalentTech HR platform, a product for assessing corporate culture.
Lomonosov MSU
Nov 2018 — Oct 2020Research and teaching; work on a dissertation at the intersection of the digital economy and entrepreneurship.
Ladya Retail Centre
Sep 2014 — Oct 2020Grew a district retail centre, moving from administrator to development director. This is where I first moved into the web.
Education
Lomonosov MSU
2016 — 2021Postgraduate study and research: teaching, academic publications, dissertation work at the intersection of the digital economy and entrepreneurship.