Resume

Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Name: Ilya Lebedev
Location: Remote (US/EU time zones), B2B contract
Languages: Russian (Native), English (C2), Spanish (A1)

Contact

Website: ilyalebe.dev
Email: ilya0lebedev@gmail.com
LinkedIn: ilya-lebedev-554225102
Telegram: @rubyminer
GitHub: lebedevilya

Profile

Senior full-stack Ruby on Rails engineer and technical founder with 7+ years of experience building, scaling and operating SaaS products. I take ownership of architecture, domain modeling and end-to-end delivery across backend and product UI. I enjoy leading technical direction and execution in remote-first teams with a strong focus on business outcomes and customer experience.

Experience

Technical Founder

May 2024 – Dec 2025 — nodes.garden (remote)

Founded and led the technical development of Web3/AI node as a service platform built with Ruby on Rails.
Owned backend architecture, core domain modeling, APIs, background processing, and internal tooling.
Built systems orchestrating operations across thousands of servers via API. 25,000+ nodes deployed in a year.
Scaled the platform from 0 to 16,000+ users and six-figure annual revenue.
Implemented subscription billing, payments, dashboards, and operational workflows.
Hired, managed and led a distributed team of 10 people including engineers, customer support, BD, etc.
Completed Techstars Web3 2025, XFounders Season 4 and Founder.University Cohort 9 programs.

Tech: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, GoodJob, Hotwire, TailwindCSS, RSpec, Docker, fly.io

Ruby Engineer

Sep 2024 – Mar 2025 — reinvented-hospitality.com (remote, time-based contract)

Developed POS system from scratch in under 3 months, launched to production and onboarded multiple hotels and restaurants.
Built core features for hotel and restaurant management workflows.
Delivered reporting, exports, and operational tooling.

Tech: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, Hotwire, Docker

Ruby Engineer

Oct 2022 – Sep 2024 — xometry.de (remote)

Worked on a large-scale manufacturing marketplace connecting hundreds of thousands of buyers & suppliers globally.
Successfully launched UK and TR regional apps under tight deadlines (2 months).
Designed and implemented async intercompany communication systems.
Built foundational domain systems (HS codes, manufacturing attributes, pricing logic).
Architected and executed migration of the multi-repo architecture into a unified platform.
Worked extensively with PostgreSQL: query optimization, indexes, data modeling.
As a side project built AI-powered HS codes search tool which cut down code search time for logistics team by 90%+

Tech: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, GraphQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Python, Airflow

Ruby Engineer

2019 – 2021 at sputnik8.com, igooods.ru, rubyroidlabs.com

Backend development across e-commerce, travel, insurance, and internal tooling products. Both in-house and outsourcing projects from EU/US.
Tech: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, APIs, Payments

Education & Programs

XFounders Season 4

2025 — x-founders.com

Techstars Web3 '25

2025 — techstars.com

Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

2017–2019 — Saint Petersburg State University

Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

2013–2017 — Saint Petersburg State University

Selected Projects

nodes.garden

Web3/AI SaaS platform built with Ruby on Rails, scaled to 10,000+ users. Techstars Web3 2025. Finalist of Backdrop Build V4–V6: backdropbuild.com/builds/nodesgarden

customs.codes

AI-assisted customs codes classification tool built with Ruby on Rails. Finalist of Backdrop Build V3: backdropbuild.com/builds/v3/customscodes

Core Skills

Backend architecture & domain modeling
PostgreSQL performance & data modeling
Background processing & async workflows (Sidekiq, Solid Queue)
APIs & integrations (REST, GraphQL)
Product UI delivery (Hotwire)
Payments & billing (Stripe, Paypal)
Observability & production reliability (Datadog, Sentry)
Infra & deploy (Docker, CI/CD, AWS, GCP, fly.io, Heroku)