Eugene Khyst
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Top SchoolEugene Khyst is a Principal Software Engineer and Software Architect with 11+ years of commercial experience building scalable systems and leading engineering organizations, including a VP of Engineering role overseeing 60+ people. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Java/Spring and modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks with cloud-native infrastructure like Docker, Kubernetes, Cloudflare Workers, and event-driven platforms such as Kafka and RabbitMQ. Known for designing robust architectures and establishing engineering culture, he emphasizes mentoring, clear goals, and pragmatic processes (Agile/Kanban/Lean) to scale teams and delivery. His background spans senior technical and architect roles at companies like AUTO1 Group, Uklon, GlobalLogic and Intellectsoft, demonstrating both enterprise and product-facing experience. Outside of day job duties he created ArtistAssistApp.com, a niche painting and drawing assistant that showcases his interest in creative tooling and full-stack product ownership. Based in Kyiv, he blends strategic leadership with continual hands-on coding and open-source engagement evident on GitHub and StackOverflow.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at National Aviation University
English, Russian, Ukrainian, French
Stackoverflow
9,805reputation
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75answers
22questions
docker
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spring
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caching
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amazon-web-services
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Github Skills (124)
php-fpm10
optimistic-locking10
spring-data10
rgb10
openapi10
spring-kafka10
dlq10
javascript10
docker-compose10
dead-letter10
spring-data-r2dbc10
html10
spring-data-jdbc10
jpql10
entity10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
eugene-khyst/letsencrypt-docker-compose
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Set up Nginx and Let’s Encrypt in less than 3 minutes with a Docker Compose project that automatically obtains and renews free Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certificates and sets up HTTPS in Nginx for multiple domain names. Configuration is done using a simple CLI tool.
Contributions:8 reviews, 1 commit, 44 PRs in 1 day
clidocker-composenginxssllets-encrypt
eugene-khyst/artistassistapp
Sep 2023 - Jun 2026
ArtistAssistApp helps artists mix colors to match reference photos using their own art supplies, create palettes and mixing charts, study tonal values, make outlines, draw with grids, explore limited palettes and artist-inspired versions of photos, straighten photos, adjust their colors, remove backgrounds, and compare images side by side.
Contributions:1 release, 10 PRs, 401 pushes in 2 years 9 months
artartistsartworkcolor-mixcolor-mixer
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