Danylo Vashchilenko
A passionate software engineer with interest in economics, statistics, and leadership.
+1 818 210 6185
Los Angeles, California
English, Russian, Ukrainian
A very nice photo of me
Backend Engineer
  • Python (Flask)
  • PHP (Laravel)
  • SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
  • AWS, Docker, Linux
  • JavaScript
Data Scientist
  • A/B Testing (Pandas, Scikit-Learn)
  • Neural Networks (TensorFlow)
  • Decision Trees (XGBoost)
  • PowerBI, Tableau, Periscope
Backend Experience
Lead Software Engineer @ Wag

Leading a team of backend engineers that developed and scaled API with a focus on A/B tests. Typical tasks included validating experimental designs, preparing database schemas, analyzing performance complexity, writing API specifications, implementing features, reviewing peer code, and investigating production issues.

Lead Software Engineer @ Home Alliance

Headed a distributed team of software developers, designers, and QA. Mentored PHP and JavaScript developers. Created architectural blueprints to satisfy business requirements. Monitored and adapted AWS infrastructure for reliable operations.

Data Experience
Machine Learning Instructor @ UCLA

Teaching a graduate-level elective course on Deep Learning with Neural Networks. Covered topics include Convolutional Neural Networks, Recurring Neural Networks, Generative Adversarial Networks, and Ensemble Learning.

Machine Learning Engineer @ Wag

Ideated and developed a model that forecasts demand for pet services. The project consists of a feature extraction pipeline, a boosted ensemble of decision trees, and a suite of metrics for performance measurement. Built a self-service analytics dashboard for validating the results of customer-facing A/B tests. Statistical models applied include t-tests, linear regressions, and linear logistic classifiers.

University
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
Major
Business and Economics