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eLocker: from architecture review to a team that ships

eLocker is a cloud platform for smart lockers. I joined as a consultant and then became engineering manager, from 2020 to 2022; the contracts ran from May 2020 to July 2023.

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The problem

A product with scalability problems and a team that needed to grow, at the same time.

What I did

  • Analysed the project domains and proposed a new architecture to solve the scalability issues.
  • Screened candidates and built the development team.
  • Established engineering standards, delivery processes and quality-control workflows.
  • Introduced automated testing and upgraded the task management setup.
  • Managed the development of a new version of the admin panel: code quality, stakeholder expectations, deadlines.

Result

A team and a product set up to continue without me, across three years of engagement.

Stack

Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
Project architecture
Code review
Team building

Konstantin is a very knowledgable, thoughtful and communicative manager and a true expert in Ruby on Rails and in solution engineering.

We hired Konstantin at a time where we needed support in growing our team and he did this with ease. We are now fully set up with a fantastic development team and a great product pretty much on the basis of the work Konstantin carried out.

I honestly could not recommend him enough and would personally encourage you to hire him for your next project — he will easily supersede your expectations.

Billy W. — Operations Director, elocker.com5/5

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