Sergei Samsonov
Experience and approach
Technical leadership, company ownership and hands-on engineering.
Contact
Telegram is the fastest way to reach me. LinkedIn and GitHub are here as public reference points and extra context on my work.
Smotion
I founded Smotion in June 2020. I conduct all client negotiations and carry the commercial risk. The company has approximately US$200,000 in annual revenue, and I have managed up to 10 direct reports.
I started with shlang, a language-learning application I designed and developed. When monetization did not succeed, I retained the team and shifted the business to outsourced development. Today, client projects sit alongside our Clubium platform.
Clubium has three paying clients and more than 10,000 cumulative users over three years. This is a lifetime count, not MAU. Client applications launch in 2-10 days on the shared platform.
Independent Publishers Group
I have worked at IPG since August 2016 and as Principal Software Engineer since March 2022. My responsibilities include architecture and reliability, service integrations, critical code, technical planning, reviews and developer mentoring.
My applied AI work includes a Freshdesk support agent, metadata workflows covering 30,000+ titles, PDF catalog generation and a development harness connecting agents to engineering systems.
Technical foundation
C#/.NET, Python, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, React, Angular, Flutter and native mobile development. Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ and CI/CD.
English: full professional proficiency. Russian: native. Spanish: A2.
Engineering leadership CV (PDF) · Principal Engineer CV (PDF)