# Denis Zhbankov
## 1. Software Engineer & Manager
Over a decade building platforms from zero to millions of users, teams from 0 to 20+, my role from engineer to CTO, and my skill set from math (MS) to business (MBA) to AI (MS in progress). Hands-on with TypeScript, distributed systems, and AWS. Promoted by every employer along the way. Interested in building AI engineering teams: orchestrating AI agents using the same process design patterns as with humans before. US H1B (cap-exempt) through mid-2026.
- **Available**:
- **ART** (Argentina Time): 10 - 18
- **CET** (Central European Time): 15 - 23
- **ET** (Eastern Time): 09 - 17
- **PT** (Pacific Time): 06 - 14
- **UTC** (Coordinated Universal Time): 13 - 21
- **Contacts**:
- **Email** (preferred): denis.zhbankov@gmail.com
- **Telegram**: https://t.me/denis_zhbankov
- **WhatsApp**: +54 (911) 2769-9848
- **Languages**:
- **Human**: English (C1, IELTS), Russian (C2, native), Spanish (B2, current master's program)
- **Programming**: Python (<1 year, current master's program), Rust (<1 year, hobby), TypeScript (>10 years, professional)
- **Links**:
- **CV** (this): https://denis-zhbankov.com/cv.md
- **CV** (this): https://denis-zhbankov.com/cv.pdf
- **GitHub**: https://github.com/uqee
- **LinkedIn**: https://linkedin.com/in/denis-zhbankov
- **Medium**: https://medium.com/@denis.zhbankov
- **Portfolio**: https://denis-zhbankov.com
- **Location**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Target compensation**: from USD 120k per year
- **Updated at**: 2026-07-02
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## 2. Education
### 2.1. Master of Artificial Intelligence ⏳
- **Degree**: Master of Artificial Intelligence
- **Duration**: Apr 2026 - Jan 2028
- **Location**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **University**: University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
- **Faculty**: Faculty of Engineering, Laboratory of Embedded Systems
- **Ranking**: [#1 Argentinian #71 Global university](https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings/2025?countries=ar)
### 2.2. Master of Business Administration
- **Achievements**:
- **MBA**: GPA 4.94 out of 5
- **MGSM**: GPA 4.89 out of 5
- **Degree**: Master of Business Administration, Master of General and Strategic Management
- **Duration**: Oct 2018 - Feb 2021
- **Location**: Moscow, Russia
- **University**: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
- **Faculty**: Institute of Business Studies
- **Ranking**: [#1 Russian #30 European business school](https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2943/european-business-school-rankings-2022)
### 2.3. Specialist (MS equivalent) in Mathematics and System Programming
- **Achievements**:
- **GPA**: 4.47 out of 5
- **Notable work**: automated trading software (C++), machine graphics (C#), linguistic neural networks (C#)
- **Publication**: [Scenario-Based Approach to Backtesting Trading Systems](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295459407_Scenario-based_approach_to_backtesting_trading_systems), presented at the [World Finance Conference](https://www.world-finance-conference.com/), Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 2015
- **Degree**: Specialist in Mathematics and System Programming, Specialist in Information Security
- **Duration**: Sep 2005 - Jul 2011
- **Location**: Moscow, Russia
- **University**: Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
- **Faculty**: Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
- **Ranking**: [#1 Russian #75 Global university](https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings/2023?countries=ru)
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## 3. Experience (most recent)
### 3.1. Chief Technology Officer
- **Achievements**: took the company from zero to MVP
- **Tech**: Architected and implemented serverless platform from zero to production in 6 months. Cut infrastructure costs tenfold vs. traditional EC2 approach while enabling infinite scalability. 100% TypeScript highly modular microservice-based monorepo for Backend, DevOps, Frontend, and QA.
- **Team**: Gathered a cross-functional T-shaped team of around 10 bright engineers. Attracted extra high-skilled contributors part-time to save on development costs. Countless times received "best team ever" feedback from colleagues.
- **Process**: Organized all operations in IT and most of HR. Established cycles of planning, estimation, work, feedback, and improvement. Proved continuous improvement to be not only achievable but also measurable.
- **Company**: MoreAI - AI wealth management automation for family offices, early stage startup
- **Duration**: Sep 2023 - Jul 2024
- **Location**: London, UK
- **Role**: Chief Technology Officer
- **Tech**: AWS CDK, Github CI/CD, DynamoDB, Lambda, NodeJS, React, Playwright, StepFunctions, TypeScript
### 3.2. Frontend Engineer → Head of Frontend → Head of Engineering → Chief Technology Officer
- **Achievements**: scaled tech from MVP to steady business
- Scaled tech department from 3 to 17 engineers, structuring into 3 cross-functional teams
- Delivered product launches in LATAM and India, reaching 500K MAU and 7-figure annual GGR
- Within a 3-engineer R&D team built a proof of concept of low-latency WebRTC video transcoding and streaming system from scratch, enabling live casino product line with <0.5s stream delay
- **Company**: SoftPro - Professional VIP betting, later pivoted to retail and a live casino
- **Duration**: Apr 2019 - Sep 2023
- **Location**: Limassol, Cyprus
- **Role**: Frontend Engineer → Head of Frontend → Head of Engineering → Chief Technology Officer
- **Tech**: C++, C# .NET, Graylog, gRPC, Kafka, Kubernetes, MobX, MVVM, Playwright, React, Retool, Selenium, Sentry, Terraform, VSphere, WebRTC, WebSockets
### 3.3. Frontend Engineer → Head of Frontend
- **Achievements**: established the frontend standards and team
- Led migration from Angular monolith to React micro-frontends, while reducing release cycle and improving performance
- Created from scratch a fully functional HTML5 video editor (crop, trim, overlays free transform) and a pixel-perfect builder of Instagram-native stickers and overlays with complex low-level text measurement, positioning and aligning calculations
- **Company**: SMMplanner - Social media marketing automation platform
- **Duration**: Jun 2017 - Apr 2019
- **Location**: Moscow, Russia
- **Role**: Frontend Engineer → Head of Frontend
- **Tech**: 2D/3D Canvas, Angular, AsmJS, ExpressJS, FFmpeg, NodeJS, RabbitMQ, React, Redis, SSE, TypeScript, WebSockets