KYRYLO KALUGIN
Senior Engineering Manager (EM) · Data Platforms & Cloud-Native Engineering
PROFILE
Engineering leader with 12 years of team management and domain expertise, built on a 25-year hands-on software engineering foundation. Across investment banking (Deutsche Bank, Citibank), global market data (Refinitiv / Thomson Reuters), and financial institution infrastructure (LSEG), I have owned the hardest mandates – turning around failing programmes, scaling delivery organisations under ambiguity, and driving platform engineering end-to-end from architecture through production stability. The number I am most proud of: inherited 18 projects in red status at LSEG, restored 17 to green.
I am hands-on developer since 1999. I build production-grade systems in TypeScript and Java; architectured high-load API-linked environments; and when reporting became a bottleneck at LSEG, I built the solution myself – a delivery intelligence platform adopted across the broader programme management community, cutting manual analytical burden by ~80%. Technical fluency is what lets me set a credible engineering bar, make informed trade-off decisions, and earn the trust of the engineers.
Since 2014, I have driven team performance management, structured PDPs, and career progression across both engineering and management – mentoring teams, and personally mentoring 6 PMs to Senior and Programme Manager level at Luxoft (DB/Citi), and owning hiring end-to-end at Refinitiv.
As a national-level triathlete, world-class competitions finisher, and certified triathlon coach, I know sustainable high performance is built through long-term planning, honest measurement, and resilience under pressure. I lead engineering teams the same way: clear goals aligned with general vision, consistent execution, and a team that is growing – not just delivering.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Engineering Leadership
Domain & Product Ownership
Technical Depth
Engineering Excellence & Platform Thinking
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Languages: TypeScript · JavaScript · Java/JavaEE · Python · PHP · SQL
- Frontend: React · WebSockets · jQuery
- Data & Storage: MongoDB · SQL/NoSQL · ETL pipelines · IBM Cognos · Pandas
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (Certified Solutions Architect) · Azure · GCP · Docker · Jenkins · CI/CD
- Architecture: Microservices · SOAP/REST · MQ/Event-Driven · High-Load Systems
- Management Tooling: JIRA (API) · Monday.com · Clarity PPM · MS Project · Confluence
- AI/ML & Agentic: OpenAI API · LLM agentic workflows · Claude/Codex-assisted development
EDUCATION
- Master of Computer Sciences · National Aviation University, Kyiv · 2004
- PMI-PMP® · PMI-ACP® · PMI-CPMAI® (In Progress) · AWS Certified Solutions Architect · Azure Cloud Certifications · IELTS / Cambridge CAE (C1/C2 English)
LANGUAGES
- English (fluent, C1/C2 — IELTS / Cambridge CAE)
- Ukrainian (Native)
- Russian (Fluent)
- Turkish (Limited)
INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING
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NWH — Narysy Warehouse Platform
2015 – Present · Lead Developer
Full-stack ERP and analytics platform (Java, SQL, NoSQL, EDI integrations, Docker) for distribution-heavy operations. Sole owner of data modelling, security design, ETL pipeline architecture, and platform evolution; maintains 99% uptime SLA against EDI consumer contracts. Primary hands-on engineering focus 2019–2021.
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RaceMetrica
2023 – Present · Founder & Lead Architect
Real-time athlete tracking and performance analytics platform (TypeScript, WebSockets, React, Docker) handling high-concurrency, low-latency data streams for live event tracking. Full ownership of system design, infrastructure operations, and automated testing pipeline. Actively uses LLM agentic workflows — OpenAI API, Claude/Codex-assisted development — to accelerate feature delivery and maintain engineering velocity as a solo operator.
EXPERIENCE
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LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) via EPAM
Senior Engineering Manager / Delivery Programme Manager
February 2021 – June 2025 · Remote
Embedded as Snr. Engineering Manager in LSEG's US Government Instruments programme — a complex, regulated, multi-team environment undergoing simultaneous cloud migration and organisational restructuring. Owned end-to-end engineering delivery across a growing portfolio: starting from a single project, scaling to ownership of a programme of 28 concurrent projects with 100+ FTE across multiple cross-functional engineering, product, architecture, and PMO stakeholders.
- Scaled end-to-end engineering delivery from 1 to 28 concurrent projects with 100+ FTE across 22 cross-functional engineering, product, architecture, and PMO stakeholder groups — without adding headcount.
- Restored 17 of 18 projects (94%) from RED to GREEN status through structured recovery plans, governance redesign, blocker removal, and executive re-alignment — under high ambiguity and organisational pressure.
- Architected and delivered an internal Delivery Intelligence Platform (TypeScript, React, MongoDB; integrated with Monday.com, Clarity, SharePoint, and AI tooling) — consolidating multi-source project data into a real-time risk and finance dashboard, reducing manual reporting burden by ~80%.
- Drove migration of a mission-critical 30-year-old financial platform to AWS — owning architecture alignment, dependency governance, and production stabilisation end-to-end; migration reduced production incidents by 90%+.
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Refinitiv / Thomson Reuters via EPAM
Engineering Manager — Cloud Transformation & Team Ownership
October 2018 – June 2019 · Offshore
Joined as Engineering Manager and Scrum Master embedded in Refinitiv's mission-critical data pipeline engineering. Rapidly expanded mandate to include Resource Manager responsibilities across multiple engineering teams.
- Owned cloud transformation delivery across 18 concurrent engineering teams on a shared codebase — coordinating fixed release cycles, strict availability SLAs, and cross-team dependency resolution.
- Led architectural pivot from legacy SOAP/REST integrations to AWS Message Queue (MQ) event-driven patterns — introducing data contracts that eliminated cross-team release dependencies and enabled independent service deployments.
- As Resource Manager: conducted 20+ engineering interviews per year, grew the team to 11 FTE, implemented structured PDPs and HR health checks, and ran a scalable mentoring programme — improving retention and seniority progression.
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Citibank Development Center via Luxoft
Technical Delivery Manager — DevOps & CI/CD
June 2018 – October 2018
Led a fast-track initiative to deploy Citibank's product next-generation customer onboarding platform — with a mandate to achieve the fastest user onboarding in the market through a mobile-first UX and fully automated delivery pipeline. The product had a significant amount of experimentations, from the state-of-art UI/UX approaches to new technology stack of backend (Kotlin). Fully owned the product's uptime SLAs, deployment strategy, incident response teams within different time zones.
- Delivered a mobile-first customer onboarding platform end-to-end: from UX requirements through CI/CD pipeline implementation (AWS, Jenkins) to production go-live — achieving a 2-screen retail banking onboarding flow, the fastest time-to-onboard in the client's market segment.
- Managed 16 FTE via Agile/Scrum, enforcing banking-grade quality gates and stakeholder alignment across time zones.
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Deutsche Bank Development Center via Luxoft
Programme Manager → Project Manager → Lead Business Analyst
February 2011 – June 2018
Progressive career trajectory across Deutsche Bank's trading platform — starting as Lead Business Analyst on a mission-critical real-time trading platform migration, advancing to Engineering (Project) Manager of the team, and ultimately promoted to Off-Site Programme Manager overseeing a portfolio of 108 FTE across 7 trading-domain projects, owning the product roadmaps and responsible for the implementation.
- Progressed to Programme Manager owning 108 FTE across 7 trading-domain projects; designed and built a real-time project health dashboard (PHP, JavaScript, JIRA API) that eliminated manual reporting cycles for engineering and executive stakeholders.
- As Lead Business Analyst (BA): reduced change requests by 60% and shortened development and testing cycles by ~50% through structured requirements management.
- Mentored 6 Project Managers to Senior PM / Programme Manager level; led CI/CD pipeline adoption (Jenkins) for KYC/AML platforms with banking-grade quality gates.
ENGINEERING CULTURE, COMMUNITY, AND LEADERSHIP
Leadership that extends beyond team boundaries — building communities, sharing knowledge, and contributing to engineering culture:
- Communities of Practice (CoP) Framework — designed and successfully integrated a company-wide Communities of Practice framework, a structured knowledge-sharing, professional development programme adopted across the organisation, as a part of Luxoft HPC: Luxoft High Performers Club initiative for senior company managers.
- Mentoring – as a successful Luxoft High Performers Club alumni, mentored new HPC senior PM on a company level.
- Technical Community Building — OSCE-Sponsored Events (2008): Presented technical sessions on "High-Load Optimisations for Web Platforms" (nginx/Java-proxying, WordPress at scale) at international (3 countries, up to 100 participants, UA/LT/GE) non-profit community events sponsored by the OSCE — contributing to early-stage social and technical community building in the region.
- Running Community — EPAM: Founded and led an employee running community at EPAM, embedded in the company's wellbeing culture. Organised training programmes and prepared colleagues to participate in competitive running events across Ukraine — building team cohesion and promoting a high-performance wellbeing culture.
- Triathlon Coaching — World Triathlon Community Coach (certified): co-leading a youth triathlon club, applying structured performance coaching methodology to athlete development. The same principles — goal setting, data and metrics (using own RaceMetrica app for result tracking and analytics), long-term planning, proactive risk management, and resilience under pressure — are directly transferable to engineering team leadership and organisational development.
Contacts
- Open to Relocation
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- kyrylo.kalugin@gmail.com
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