Mikhail Malyshev
Summary
- Full-stack engineer and generalist with 9+ years in startups. I help founders go from idea to launch - fast.
- Built across AI, crypto, and product infra - from rapid prototypes to scalable systems.
- UK Global Talent visa holder.
Technical Skills
Generalist across: Web Technologies, Product Infrastructure, Full-stack Development, Web3/Crypto, Generative AI Applications
- Primary: TypeScript, React, Node.js
- Working knowledge: Go, Rust, Python, Kotlin
- Backend: Self-hosted and cloud infra, AWS, APIs, Authentication
- Serverless: Cloudflare, Vercel, PartyKit
- Desktop: Electron, Tauri
- Also: SDK design, on-device AI
Professional Experience
Platform Architect — Human, San Francisco Bay Area (Remote)
Jul 2023 - May 2025
- First web engineer at L1 identity blockchain, reporting directly to CEO
- Built Telegram Mini App solo (frontend + backend): 1.3M installs, 150K DAU — primary user acquisition channel
- Shipped mini app marketplace: JS SDK, developer platform, documentation portal
- Built "Sign in with Human ID" — OpenID-compliant SSO in Go for the blockchain
- Internal tools: admin panels, analytics dashboards, ML dataset labeling app, content moderation panel, user graph visualization
- Prototyped gasless transfers (ERC-2612, ERC-3009, ERC-4337) and trustless P2P fiat↔crypto marketplace
- Tech stack: TypeScript, Golang, Ethereum, Solana, OpenID Connect
Lead Frontend Engineer — Playdex (Gaming platform)
Jun 2022 - Jul 2023
- Led UI redesign for Web3 gaming platform, grew user base from 1,300 to 35,000
- Built tournaments feature end-to-end (Next.js, Nest.js/GraphQL backend, API, Ethereum smart contract) — 20+ tournaments, 1,500+ registrations
- Reduced smart contract gas costs by 50x with Merkle tree-based proof verification
Founding Frontend Engineer — Timestripe (Productivity startup)
Oct 2019 - Apr 2022
- First hire, built the full product UI from scratch (web + PWA for mobile)
- Virtualized infinite-scroll calendar, offline-first data sync with conflict resolution, fully custom UI kit
- Product Hunt: #2 Product of the Day
- Metrics by the time I left: 200K users, 12K MAU, 1800 DAU
Senior Frontend Engineer — Yandex Eats (Food delivery)
Oct 2020 - Feb 2022
- Key engineer on business platform with 33K active users
- Built ads platform as sole frontend engineer — grew ad revenue from ₽500K → ₽5M/mo (+900%)
- Migrated 110K-line monolith to micro frontend architecture (Webpack 5 Module Federation), cut release cycle from 2 weeks to 1 week
- Mentored junior developers, conducted technical interviews
Frontend Engineer — Rocketbank (Digital bank)
Jul 2019 - Aug 2020
- Worked on web banking app serving 400K users
- Built deployment system (UI panel + Node.js/Koa backend) that reduced rollback time from minutes to under a second
- Built auth for all company products (internal, B2C, B2B) with RSA-2048/AES-256-CBC hybrid encryption
- Shipped partner cashback feature: ₽10M → ₽12M monthly volume (+20%), 150+ partners in 3 months
Projects & Achievements
- Free HTML/CSS course: 275,000+ students, 7,700+ Telegram community — link to the course
- Mentoring: 87 sessions on Solvery, at least 8 mentees landed their first engineering jobs
- ITC: Co-founded peer-to-peer learning organization at university, ran it for 2 years, 300-500 students attended, ~20 people in organizing team
- UK Global Talent visa: Recognized for exceptional talent in technology
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security
Key Metrics
- 1.3M users, 150K DAU (Telegram Mini App)
- ₽500K → ₽5M/mo ad revenue (Yandex Eats ads platform)
- 275K+ students (Educational course)
- 1,300 → 35,000 users (Playdex growth)
- 200K users (Timestripe, by the time I left)
- 50x gas cost reduction (Smart contract optimization)