Ilya Lebedev ⚡️

Technical Product Manager / Product Owner

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

Contact

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

Profile

Technical product operator with 8+ years of experience building and running infrastructure-heavy software products. Ex-founder (Techstars Web3 '25): built and scaled a Web3/AI platform to 18,000+ users and 25,000+ deployed nodes, and owned product direction, prioritization, execution, and operational reliability across product, engineering, and support. Hands-on with LLM orchestration, RAG and AI tooling; fluent in the engineering language across Ruby, Python and JavaScript. Looking for product roles that need technical fluency, systems thinking and strong execution in infrastructure-heavy, workflow-heavy and operations-sensitive domains.

Experience

Founder / Product Lead

Mar 2025 – Feb 2026 — nodes.garden (remote)
  • Led product direction, prioritization and technical execution for a Web3/AI infrastructure platform.
  • Defined roadmap and shipped workflow-heavy product features for node operations, orchestration and support tooling.
  • Scaled the platform from 0 to 18,000+ users, 25,000+ deployed nodes and $350K yearly revenue.
  • Secured an Arbitrum ecosystem grant and implemented Node NFT smart contracts and marketplace.
  • Assembled and managed a distributed team of 10 people including engineers, customer support, BD and operations.
  • Completed Techstars Web3 2025, XFounders Season 4 and Founder.University Cohort 9 programs.
Tech: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, RSpec, GoodJob, Hotwire, TailwindCSS, Solidity, Foundry, OpenZeppelin, ethers.js, MetaMask, JSON-RPC, Arbitrum, Docker, fly.io

Fullstack Ruby Engineer

Aug 2024 – Mar 2025 — reinvented-hospitality.com (remote)
  • Built and launched a full-cycle POS system with Rails + Hotwire in under 3 months.
  • Helped shape and deliver workflow-heavy features for restaurant and hotel operations.
  • Shipped tax reports, data exports, and internal operational tooling.
Tech: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, Hotwire, MiniTest, TailwindCSS, ViewComponent, AWS, Docker

Backend Ruby Engineer

Aug 2022 – Aug 2024 — xometry.de (remote)
  • Helped scale backend architecture for a global manufacturing marketplace supporting transactions across hundreds of thousands of buyers and suppliers.
  • Implemented and launched UK and TR regional apps under tight deadlines (1 month).
  • Built an AI-powered HS codes search tool which cut code search time for the logistics team by 90%+.
  • Designed and implemented async intercompany communication systems that kept operational workflows consistent.
Tech: Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, RSpec, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, GraphQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Python, Airflow

Backend Ruby Engineer

2019 – 2021 at sputnik8.com, igooods.ru, rubyroidlabs.com (remote)
Backend work across e-commerce, travel, insurance and internal tooling products, with ownership of integrations, data flows, and production-facing operational work.
Tech: Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, VueJS, RSpec, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, GraphQL, REST APIs, Heroku, AWS

Internships & Early Career

2017 – 2019
  • Yandex: Web Developer Intern. Python, ReactJS, GraphQL.
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: C++/CUDA Developer Intern.
  • WorldQuant: Quantitative Research Consultant.

Education & Programs

XFounders Season 4

2025 — x-founders.com

1 month on-site program involving dozens of startups and mentors, organized with Starknet Foundation

Techstars Web3 '25

2025 — techstars.com

Selected for Techstars Web3 '25; scaled the business and pitched with on-site deep dives in Dublin & London

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

slack-llm-bot

Open-source Slack bot built as a portfolio piece around a methodology choice: shipping LLM-powered features with an offline regression suite, so behaviour changes are attributable to code rather than to live channel drift. Pinned channel fixture + deterministic oracle + LLM judge; production-shaped (Vercel functions, 3-second ack, async post-ack work):  github.com/lebedevilya/slack-llm-bot

nodes.garden

Web3/AI infrastructure platform built around node operations, orchestration, and tooling; secured an Arbitrum ecosystem grant and implemented Node NFT smart contracts and marketplace. Finalist of Backdrop Build V4–V6:  backdropbuild.com/builds/nodesgarden

customs.codes

AI classification tool for customs codes. Finalist of Backdrop Build V3:  backdropbuild.com/builds/v3/customscodes

Core Skills

  • Languages: Ruby, Javascript, Python
  • Product: Discovery, prioritization, roadmap ownership, product execution
  • Execution: Cross-functional delivery, operational tooling, workflow-heavy products
  • Technical fluency: Ruby on Rails, REST/GraphQL APIs, domain modeling
  • Web3: Solidity, ERC-721, Foundry, OpenZeppelin, ethers.js, JSON-RPC
  • Systems: PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, SolidQueue, RabbitMQ
  • Infra: Docker, CI/CD, AWS, GCP, fly.io, Heroku, Kamal
  • Reliability: Datadog, Sentry, Appsignal
  • Adjacent domains: Salesforce, Stripe, PayPal, CloudPayments, Copperx, LLM integrations