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DENYS KIREV
Full-Stack Developer · React · TypeScript · Node.js
LinkedIn · GitHub · CV · kirevden@gmail.com · +385 99 7572 031
Rijeka, Croatia (GMT+1) · Ukrainian national · Work permit holder (Croatia) · Languages: English (B2), Croatian (A2), Ukrainian (Native)
SUMMARY
8+ years as a full-stack developer building web admin, SaaS, dashboards, and 3D/WebGL products across AI SaaS, fintech, logistics, and cybersecurity. Since Jan 2024 (~2 yrs), founder of OrchestrAI — production AI SaaS (Instagram DMs → structured orders for e-commerce). Strong in React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Python, and LLM-augmented delivery — greenfield and legacy, with a track record of improving performance on data-heavy products.
Domains: AI-based SaaS, Cybersecurity, E-commerce, Enterprise SaaS, Logistics & Delivery, Data Visualization, Real-time systems, Admin/CMS, Building & 3D (Web)
EXPERIENCE
OrchestrAI / Adminly — Product company · Founder & Lead Software Engineer · Jan 2024 – Present · Remote, Croatia
AI SaaS: Instagram DMs → structured orders for e-commerce and creator-commerce teams. Full-stack ownership. Build-in-public on Code Loom
- Multi-tenant monorepo (Turborepo, Next.js), Clerk, LLM extraction pipelines, Instagram OAuth/webhooks
- Admin workflows (React, Redux Toolkit, Ant Design); Prisma, PostgreSQL, Stripe, Docker, CI/CD, Sentry, PostHog
Technologies: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Turborepo, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Clerk, Stripe, Redux Toolkit, Tailwind, Zod, Docker, WebSockets, LLM APIs
Team Challenge — Volunteer · Volunteer Mentor · Frontend · Project Manager · Mar 2025 – Present · Remote · Volunteer
Ukrainian IT community platform — cross-functional pet projects for junior/trainee developers.
- Mentor (general) — architecture, code review, delivery practices, career path
- Online store (e-commerce) — team mentor, hands-on frontend (React/TypeScript), project manager (scope, priorities, coordination)
Technologies: React, TypeScript, Next.js, project management, code review, team mentoring
DataArt — Outsourcing · Senior Software Developer · Nov 2020 – Feb 2025 (4 yr 4 mo) · On-site, Ukraine → Remote, Croatia
4 clients — quick-commerce, Americas delivery (greenfield), US fintech analytics. React, TypeScript, Node.js BFF, Python (FastAPI).
Delivery mobile platform — legacy in-house CMS (catalog, profiles, availability, warehouse management)
- React/Redux evolution, API design, component library improvements
Comexpress (Delivery platform) — greenfield
- Node.js BFF, microservices, shipment admin UI, WebSockets, Azure AD, Storybook
Bluefoot — US fintech analytics
- Greenfield React; FastAPI + BFF; AI-assisted data parsing; D3.js
- Improved API latency through profiling and optimization; contributed to frontend technical interviews
Technologies: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, FastAPI, Redux Toolkit, RTK Query, D3.js, Storybook, Ant Design, AWS, Azure AD, WebSockets, Jest
FS Group — Product company · Software Developer · May 2018 – Nov 2020 (2 yr 7 mo) · On-site, Ukraine · Cybersecurity
React admin UIs → full-stack with Python (Flask), ~1 year; threat intel and monitoring products.
- Dashboards, operational workflows, Flask APIs; component library and architecture input with client teams
Technologies: React, TypeScript, Python, Flask, Redux, REST, SCSS
Uni Agency (Unilimes) — Outsourcing · Software Developer · Junior → Middle · May 2017 – May 2018 (1 yr 1 mo) · On-site, Ukraine · 3D / digital
Worked on interactive 3D and VR desktop web and mobile apps using Three.js, WebGL, and React.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, Three.js, WebGL, Canvas, HTML, CSS
SKILLS
Backend: Node.js, Express, Python (FastAPI, Flask), REST, GraphQL, auth/API integrations
Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, RTK Query, Vue, Three.js, D3.js, Socket.IO
AI: LLM integrations, AI-assisted workflows, structured-output pipelines
AI dev: Cursor, Claude, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Codex — codegen, refactors, reviews, docs, tests
Infra: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Prisma, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, Linux, Nginx
Tools: Jest, React Testing Library, Git, Jira, Postman
Currently learning: LLM hardening, SaaS infra/DevOps, delivery automation
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
- Team Challenge — volunteer mentor · Mar 2025 – Present; on Online store also frontend & PM
- OrchestrAI — founded production AI SaaS · Jan 2024 – Present · build-in-public (Code Loom)
- LinkedIn — 3.6k+ followers, 5 technical articles · linkedin.com/in/denys-kirev
- DataArt — frontend technical interviews & mentorship · Nov 2020 – Feb 2025
PUBLICATIONS & CONTENT
LinkedIn (top by engagement):
- The Dark Side of Next.js: When It's Not Right for Your Project — Pulse article · 29 reactions · 15 comments
- Frontend news roundup — React 19, Next.js 15, Node 22 (UA) — 212 reactions · 8 comments · 18.8k discovery
- Next.js v15.5 release — changelog & Turbopack (UA) — 100 reactions · 9 comments · 6.7k discovery
- AI Toolbox for Front-End — V0, Cursor, WebLLM & more (UA) — 57 reactions · 13 comments · 33 saves · 4k discovery
- All posts — linkedin.com/in/denys-kirev/recent-activity/all/
CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AI: Prompt Engineering: Techniques and Construing — Coursera · Apr 2025
Full-stack & frontend: MERN Stack Front to Back (React, Redux, Node.js) — Udemy · Oct 2019 · React + Redux — Professional Development — Udemy · May 2019
Backend & infra: REST APIs with Flask and Python — Udemy · Jan 2019 · Docker — Udemy (DataArt) · Kubernetes — Udemy (DataArt)
EDUCATION
Professional Front-End Developer Program (certification pending) — Algebra Bernays University, Zagreb, Croatia · Nov 2025 – Jun 2026
M.Sc., Fire Security — Academy of Fire Safety named after Chernobyl Heroes, Cherkasy, Ukraine · Aug 2007 – Jun 2012
Web Development (completed; certificate not issued) — Computer Academy STEP, Odesa, Ukraine · Sep 2013 – Sep 2014