Oleksandr Soldatov
Manager, Data Engineering @Kargo
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WORK HISTORY
Manager, Data Engineering @Kargo
London, GB
Hybrid IC/management role (80% hands-on engineering) building the foundations of Kargo\'s contextual targeting products. Define architectural vision and technical standards while personally driving core platform buildout — Spark pipelines, EKS infrastructure, and data platform modernisation. Balance technical investment prioritisation with product delivery. Manage engineers through 1:1s, mentorship, performance reviews, and skill development. Own hiring, onboarding, and team enablement.Key achievements (first 12 months)- Architected and led migration from kops to AWS EKS across 140+ DAGs, improving operational reliability and reducing maintenance overhead- Designed and implemented Spark on EKS (SparkOperator), replacing costly Snowflake ELT pipelines and delivering significant infrastructure cost savings- Built a team-owned infrastructure repo for ArgoCD deployments (Kustomize, Helm), standardising and accelerating release workflows- Introduced observability stack and cost-tracking measures, giving leadership visibility into infrastructure spend- Upskilled the team on Spark, EKS, and AWS through POCs, example projects, and knowledge-sharing sessions- Revived multiple projects from maintenance mode into active development with regular iteration cycles- Contributed as a founding engineer to Kargo\'s new AI-powered platform- Partnered with the Chief Architect to define company-wide standards and security hardening for SnowflakeTech stack: Airflow, AWS, EKS (Kubernetes), Python, Snowflake, Spark, Iceberg, ClickHouse, Aerospike, Kafka, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions
EDUCATION
State University of Telecommunications
Master’s Degree, Radioengineering, radioelectronic technologies and communications
National University «Kyiv Aviation Institute»
Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology
ABOUT OLEKSANDR SOLDATOV
Engineering Manager with 10+ years in data infrastructure and streaming systems, including 5+ years in engineering leadership. Currently building targeting platform foundations at scale.Core strengths: designing and operating high-throughput data pipelines (billions of events/day), leading large-scale infrastructure migrations (kops/Mesos to EKS), and building privacy-compliant data systems (GDPR, CCPA, PII masking). Experienced across startups, global corporations, and multiple delivery models — shelf products, SaaS, and development services. Lead and grow cross-functional, distributed engineering teams. Own technical vision, architectural standards, and investment prioritisation.Handle hiring, mentorship, performance management, infrastructure budgeting, and delivery planning. Establishing processes and practices that scale with the organisation.Hands-on in AWS, Python, Scala, and the Spark/Flink/Kafka ecosystem. Strong background in performance engineering — JVM profiling, benchmarking, and production observability from the ground up.Rust and 3d printing enthusiast on the side (:
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