ILYA SALDIN

Senior Frontend Engineer | Web3 Specialist
📧 saldin.iliya@gmail.com | 📱 +77073006789 | LinkedIn | GitHub | 📍 Kazakhstan

Professional Summary

Senior Frontend Engineer with 8+ years of experience specializing in Web3 and blockchain technologies. Led development of decentralized applications processing $XXM+ in transactions. Expert in building scalable frontend architectures using React, TypeScript, and modern Web3 stack. Proven track record of optimizing performance (4x build time improvements) and leading cross-functional teams in remote environments.

Technical Skills

Frontend: React, Vue.js, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Next.js, Redux/Vuex/Pinia
Web3/Blockchain: Ethers.js, Web3.js, EIP-1193, Smart Contract Integration, DeFi Protocols
Architecture: Nx Workspaces, Micro-frontends, Clean Architecture, Design Systems
DevOps/Tools: Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, ESLint, Webpack
Testing: Jest, Cypress, React Testing Library, Web3 Testing

Professional Experience

Senior Frontend Engineer

| TextMagic Inc | Remote
April 2023 - February 2025
  • Architected and implemented new authentication flow, reducing sign-up time by 38% (from 120s to 75s)
  • Established company-wide code quality standards with ESLint/Prettier, decreasing PR review time by 10%
  • Designed Flow-Survey system for graph-based surveys, improving user engagement by 10%
  • Optimized frontend bundle size by 12% through code splitting and tree-shaking strategies
  • Enhanced CI/CD pipelines, accelerating deployment speed by 7%

JavaScript Web3 Engineer

| Ditto Network | Remote
March 2024 - May 2024
  • Built modular JavaScript SDK for Web3 automation (account abstraction, DEX swaps, transaction scheduling)
  • Implemented comprehensive testing suite, reducing production bugs by 30%
  • Migrated to Nx Workspaces architecture, achieving 4x faster build times
  • Designed automated release system, improving deployment frequency by 3x

Senior Frontend Web3 Engineer

| 1inch Network | Remote
May 2021 - February 2023
  • Led development of multi-platform wallet (PWA, Chrome Extension) serving 100K+ users
  • Implemented EIP-1193 Ethereum providers for seamless dApp integration
  • Created rapid landing page system with Next.js SSG, reducing deployment time by 93% (4 hours → 15 minutes)
  • Optimized smart contract interactions, decreasing debugging time by 15%
  • Maintained shared UI library across Web3 products using Nx Workspaces

Senior Frontend Engineer

| Tinkoff Bank | Remote
September 2020 - June 2021
  • Developed complex forms for online car insurance system with high user satisfaction
  • Extended internal UI component library with 12 reusable components
  • Optimized build pipeline, achieving 20% faster build times
  • Integrated 10+ backend services for seamless data flow

Senior Frontend Engineer

| ItQuick | Remote
May 2019 - August 2020
  • Led complete migration of legacy jQuery/XSLT application to modern React/TypeScript stack
  • Architected component-based system from scratch, establishing reusable UI library of 40+ components
  • Implemented CI/CD pipeline with automated testing and deployment, reducing release cycle from 2 hours to 40 minutes
  • Decreased page load time by 60% and improved maintainability through modern build tools and code splitting
  • Mentored team of 3 developers on React best practices and TypeScript adoption

Frontend Engineer

| Shakacode | Remote
June 2017 - October 2017
  • Developed React components for international e-commerce platform
  • Collaborated with distributed team across multiple time zones

iOS Developer

| Various Companies | Kazakhstan, Russia
January 2012 - January 2017
  • Developed and maintained iOS applications for fintech and e-commerce sectors
  • Migrated legacy Objective-C codebases to Swift

Java Developer

| Various Companies | Kazakhstan
January 2008 - January 2012
  • Built enterprise applications using Java EE stack
  • Developed RESTful APIs and microservices

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Technologies
Karaganda Economic University, Kazakhstan | 2004 - 2008

Languages

English: Professional Working Proficiency
Russian: Native