Aliaksei Bychkou

Lead Software Developer

aliaksei.bychkou@gmail.com | Vienna, Austria | linkedin.com/in/abychkou | github.com/bychkovav

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aliaksei.bychkou@gmail.com Vienna, Austria

Lead Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience building scalable, high-load systems and leading engineering teams. Founder of an AI startup in the mental health space, with hands-on experience designing LLM-based systems and delivering end-to-end products.

Skills

Languages C#, Python, TypeScript, C++
Backend Microservices Architecture, Event-Driven Systems, High-Load & Low-Latency Systems, Secure System Design, .NET, Kafka, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch
AI / LLM Systems Prompt Engineering, LLM System Design, LangChain, LangGraph, LLM Evaluation, Structured Outputs, AI Product Development
Frontend React, Next.js, Vue.js, Angular
Cloud / DevOps AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana

Experience

ADMIRAL Technologies Apr 2023 – Present
Lead Software Developer / People Guide Vienna, Austria
  • Designed and implemented a fault-tolerant, high-throughput event pipeline (RabbitMQ → Kafka) for a microservices ecosystem.
  • Led migration of customer data and authentication to AWS Cognito, improving scalability and security.
  • Built core microservices infrastructure, improving system scalability and service decoupling.
  • Led and mentored team members, enabling their professional growth and improving overall team performance.
  • Established an internal AI-powered knowledge base (AWS Bedrock + Open WebUI).
Mirra — AI Psychoanalytic Copilot Jan 2025 – Present
Founder Vienna, Austria
  • Designed and implemented an LLM-driven interaction system by building complex workflows using LangChain / LangGraph.
  • Developed prompting strategies inspired by psychoanalytic practice.
  • Implemented evaluation loops to measure depth, usefulness, and alignment with therapeutic intent.
IWY.help Feb 2020 – Mar 2024
Co-Founder Minsk, Belarus
  • Built and launched a mental health platform from 0 → production, owning architecture, product, and delivery.
  • Designed real-time communication system (WebRTC + SignalR) enabling therapy sessions and chat.
  • Led cross-functional execution across engineering, QA, and marketing, aligning product delivery with business goals.
  • Developed search and content discovery (Elasticsearch) to support user engagement.
  • Increased conversion from 0.3% → 1.5% (5×) through data-driven experimentation and product optimization.
PRODUCTIVE EDGE / THINKTIME Jun 2017 – Mar 2023
Software Engineering Lead Minsk, Belarus
  • Founded and scaled a top-rated Upwork agency, delivering end-to-end product development for international clients.
  • Led architecture and delivery of multiple production-grade web applications (.NET) across different domains.
  • Re-architected and migrated a critical backend system (Node.js → .NET) for a startup, stabilizing the product and enabling continued business growth.
Realine May 2014 – Jun 2017
Systems Architect San Francisco Bay Area
  • Led transition from monolithic architecture to a microservices ecosystem.
  • Designed and implemented a no-code platform for service creation, enabling faster feature delivery and reducing engineering overhead.
  • Managed and mentored a team of 4–6 backend engineers, driving architecture decisions and code quality.
  • Designed and built a custom DSL compiler using Roslyn (.NET), enabling dynamic service configuration and extensibility.
  • Implemented event-driven architecture (Event Sourcing + CQRS) to support scalable and maintainable service communication.
QULIX SYSTEMS Apr 2010 – Oct 2014
Senior Software Developer Minsk, Belarus
  • Contributed to development of a high-load microservices system, supporting scalable backend operations.
  • Designed and implemented a service communication layer (RabbitMQ), enabling reliable asynchronous messaging between services.
  • Led a team of 4 developers, coordinating delivery and maintaining code quality.
  • Introduced mobile development using PhoneGap/Cordova, enabling cross-platform app delivery.

Education

Belarusian State University 2018 – Oct 2020
Master's degree — Mathematics and Information Technology · Minsk, Belarus
  • Worked on generating high-resolution images with Generative Adversarial Networks.
Belarusian State University 2006 – Oct 2011
BS in Computer Science · Minsk, Belarus