Ivan Goncharov

Experience

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  BPC

  Feb 2007 - Aug 2012

  Built and led a high-performing team of engineers, driving 70+ successful projects for 40+ enterprise clients. Introduced CI/CD and deployment automation practices, enhancing development efficiency and reliability. Ensured the successful execution of every performance test involving BPC software, guaranteeing stability and scalability for mission-critical financial systems. Developed and maintained internal systems and tools used by 50+ software engineers, ensuring reliability and efficiency. Provided third-line support for performance and system-level issues, assisting 70 enterprise customers in maintaining and optimizing mission-critical financial systems. Executed functional testing for BPC software, ensuring stability and reliability before deployment to enterprise clients. Assisted in identifying and resolving critical issues impacting system performance and functionality.

  • Head of System Engineering Team

    Jun 2009 - Aug 2012

  • System Engineer

    Jan 2008 - Jun 2009

  • Software Q&A Engineer

    Feb 2007 - Jan 2008
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  IBM

  Aug 2012 - Mar 2016

  CTS - Power Systems

  Led PostgreSQL vertical scaling efforts, achieving 1M QPS on a single machine. Served as the main expert in Oracle performance optimization on IBM Power servers, optimizing and troubleshooting some of the largest Oracle Database single-instance deployments in the country. Designed and executed 20+ performance benchmarks for various ISV applications, ensuring optimal efficiency. Helped customers save $1M+ on database licensing costs through performance tuning and strategic optimizations.

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  OpenWay

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2024

  Principal Engineer

  Designed, built, and operated two experimental SaaS platforms: Performance Testing as a Service and Observability as a Service, enabling scalable and efficient performance insights. Led the infrastructure architecture and performance data pipeline design for the Russian National Fast Payment System. Conducted load and scalability testing across multiple software products, ensuring reliability under high traffic.

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  Azul

  Aug 2023 - now

  Empowering a highly skilled team to push the boundaries of JVM performance engineering. Driving innovation in performance analytics and test execution while fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration. Focused on scaling our impact across the engineering organization by ensuring efficient processes, reliable infrastructure, and insightful performance data. Architected and maintained the performance measurement infrastructure for the world’s fastest JVM. Designed and built a scalable data pipeline and analytics system used across the entire engineering organization. Led the development of a distributed test execution system spanning on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring the robust execution of thousands of performance tests and reliable data processing at scale.

  • Senior Manager

    Feb 2025 - now

  • Staff Software Engineer

    Aug 2023 - Feb 2025