Ilya Lebedev
Technical Product Manager / Product Owner
Tbilisi, Georgia · Remote (US/EU time zones), B2B contract · Russian (Native), English (C2), Spanish (A1)
ilya0lebedev@gmail.com · ilyalebe.dev · linkedin.com/in/ilya-lebedev-554225102 · github.com/lebedevilya · Telegram: @rubyminer
ilya0lebedev@gmail.com · ilyalebe.dev · linkedin.com/in/ilya-lebedev-554225102 · github.com/lebedevilya · Telegram: @rubyminer
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
Senior Backend Engineer / Technical Consultant (Contract)
Feb 2026 – Jun 2026 — Orangesoft (remote)- Executed a fixed-length engineering contract for an outsourcing client in the US healthcare sector (under NDA).
- Navigated complex healthcare domain requirements, including Electronic Health Record (EHR) integrations and data compliance.
- Delivered core product capabilities: real-time chats & messaging infrastructure, admin tooling, and data export workflows.
- Collaborated closely with US client stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery within project scope.
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.
Fullstack Ruby Engineer
Aug 2024 – Mar 2025 — Reinvented Hospitality (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.
Backend Ruby Engineer
Aug 2022 – Aug 2024 — Xometry (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.
Backend Ruby Engineer
2019 – 2021 — Sputnik8, Igooods, Rubyroid Labs (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, React, VueJS, RSpec, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, GraphQL, REST APIs, Heroku, AWS
Tech: Ruby on Rails, React, VueJS, RSpec, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, GraphQL, REST APIs, Heroku, AWS
Internships & Early Career
2017 – 2019- Yandex: Web Developer Intern. Python, React, GraphQL.
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: C++/CUDA Developer Intern.
- WorldQuant: Quantitative Research Consultant.
Selected Projects
- slack-llm-bot (TypeScript, Vercel): open-source Slack bot that ships LLM features behind an offline regression suite (deterministic oracle + LLM judge), so behaviour changes trace to code. github.com/lebedevilya/slack-llm-bot
- nodes.garden (Ruby on Rails, Solidity): Web3/AI node-as-a-service platform, Backdrop Build V4–V6 finalist. Built by hand before AI coding tools. backdropbuild.com/builds/nodesgarden
- customs.codes (Ruby on Rails, RAG): AI customs code classification tool, Backdrop Build V3 finalist. Built by hand before AI coding tools. 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
Education & Programs
- M.Sc. Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Saint Petersburg State University, 2017–2019
- B.Sc. Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Saint Petersburg State University, 2013–2017
- Startup programs: Techstars Web3 '25 (Dublin & London), XFounders Season 4 (with Starknet Foundation), Founder.University Cohort 9