Mishiko Okropiridze

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Summary

Mishiko is a backend engineer with over 9 years of commercial experience across Python, Django, Go, PostgreSQL, and distributed backend systems, with a focus on system architecture, APIs, automation, and infrastructure.

Brings hands-on experience in taking backend systems from design to production, with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability. Combines technical leadership with ownership of architecture and software delivery.

Experience

  • CueGrowth

    Back-end Engineer, 2021 – Present

    Remote

    CueGrowth develops software for lead research, enrichment, filtering, and GTM automation.

    • Software Architecture: Architected and redesigned the platform from monolithic to microservices architecture; led technical decisions for system design, service boundaries, and technology stack selection.
    • Back-end Development: Implemented and scaled Django REST APIs and Go microservices for performance-critical components.
    • AI Services: Built FastAPI-based services for web-grounded lead enrichment, natural-language filtering, structured data extraction, and personalized outreach using Google Gemini and Pydantic-validated outputs.
    • Research & Sales Agents: Developed PydanticAI agents with streaming chat, conversation memory, and dynamic tool discovery to research leads and orchestrate enrichment, filtering, messaging, and CRM workflows.
    • AI Tooling: Built FastMCP-based internal tools; deployed and integrated OpenWebUI and OpenTerminal into internal AI workflows. Used Claude Code, Codex, and Pi for AI-assisted development.
    • Automation & Task Orchestration: Built in-house task manager and intelligent task distribution system that orchestrates workflow execution across atomic workers written in Go and Express.js; routes tasks through SQS or the outbox pattern based on execution requirements. Implemented atomic workers that handle browser automation through Express.js microservices running Selenium and computational tasks through Go workers; designed priority-based scheduling and fault-tolerant task retry mechanisms. Migrated automation layer from custom EC2-based solution to Kubernetes-based Selenium Grid with custom controller written in Go; massively reduced infrastructure costs while decreasing workforce needed to maintain the old automation layer.
    • Infrastructure & DevOps: Migrated infrastructure to Kubernetes; developed Ansible framework to manage Kubernetes clusters for deployment, configuration management, and orchestration.
    • CI/CD & Deployment: Configured and maintained CI/CD pipelines; managed container orchestration for scalable and reliable deployments across environments.
    • Database Management: Migrated from MySQL RDS to self-hosted Autobase PostgreSQL, cutting DB costs by 45% and improving query performance up to 30%; optimized complex queries across MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
    • Monitoring & Observability: Set up comprehensive monitoring stack with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki to identify and resolve system bottlenecks; improved overall system performance through data optimization and query tuning.
    • Quality & Stability: Improved code quality through comprehensive testing, type-hinting conventions, and code reviews; enhanced system stability and maintainability.
    • Tech Stack: Python, Go, Django, DRF, FastAPI, PydanticAI, FastMCP, Google Gemini, Vertex AI, Node.js, Express.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Django Channels, Celery, Redis, Selenium Grid, N8N, AWS, Kubernetes, Ansible, Serverless Framework.

  • Toptal

    Core Developer, 2021 – 2023

    Remote

    • ThoughtLeaders

      A dynamic metrics and aggregation service for ThoughtLeaders, a content intelligence platform. The project extended an existing ELK-stack data ingestion pipeline and delivered a new analytics UI backed by Django and Elasticsearch.

      • Developed a dynamic metrics and aggregation service backed by Django and Elasticsearch, with a new analytics UI in Vue.
      • Extended the existing ELK-stack data ingestion pipeline.
      • Tech Stack: Django, Vue, AngularJS, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, PostgreSQL, Docker, Heroku.

    • NousAI

      A data pipeline ingestion and orchestration system for Nous Technologies, enabling reliable data processing and monitoring. The project integrated object storage and added analytics and task-monitoring tooling.

      • Implemented ingestion and task orchestration with Django, Celery, and Redis.
      • Integrated MinIO object storage with a custom Django storage backend.
      • Added Metabase and Celery Flower for analytics and task monitoring.
      • Tech Stack: Django, Celery, Redis, MinIO, Metabase.

    • CyberSPF

      An MVP security alerting web application for Trontech Inc. that detects threats based on database record changes. The solution incorporated smart change-detection logic, caching, and a migration to publicly available records to reduce third-party service costs.

      • Built an MVP with change-detection logic to avoid false threat alerts.
      • Added caching and migrated to publicly available records to reduce third-party service costs.
      • Tech Stack: Django, DRF, AWS, React, Redis.

  • GRAEY

    Lead Back-end Engineer, 2019 – 2021

    On site / Tbilisi, Georgia

    GRAEY is a custom B2B design and software development firm headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia, specializing in web development, UX/UI design, and Python. Graey delivered software products including e-commerce systems and technical education initiatives.

    • The Contract Chair

      A fully custom e-commerce platform for The Contract Chair, a furniture retailer, featuring an in-house CMS and real-time 3D furniture customisation. The platform automated product imports from multiple suppliers and integrated with leading CRM systems.

      • Built a fully custom e-commerce platform with an in-house CMS and real-time 3D furniture customisation, allowing customers to preview personalised configurations before ordering.
      • Automated product imports from multiple furniture suppliers.
      • Optimized queries, implemented caching strategies, and refactored codebase following SOLID principles and modern design patterns.
      • Integrated with Salesforce and HubSpot CRM, dockerized services, and established CI/CD pipelines.
      • Tech Stack: Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Salesforce, HubSpot.

    • Graey Education

      Graey Education is a free Python and Django course.

      • Created free coursework in Django/Python and lectured more than 100 people.
      • Taught fundamentals of Python with in-depth analysis of meta-programming, OOP concepts, and software design patterns.
      • Many students started software engineering jobs after completing the course.

Open Source Contributions

  • whoisit: Enhanced RDAP contact-data extraction in the whoisit Python library and strengthened parser reliability with targeted tests.
  • check-if-email-exists: Added SOCKS5 proxy authentication for API checks in the check-if-email-exists Rust library.
  • djangorestframework-stubs: Improved type hints for Django REST Framework stubs.
  • Vim: Contributed Georgian keyboard layout mappings to Vim.
  • noVNC: Identified and reported issue with browser stealing keyboard events in remote desktop sessions.
  • AdaptedMap: Independent hackathon project awarded 1st place by GITA; concept for an adapted map application.
  • Graey Education: Open sourced complete Django/Python course materials used to teach 100+ students.

Education

  • Tbilisi State University

    Master of Science in Mathematics, 2022 – 2024

    Tbilisi, Georgia

  • Tbilisi State University

    Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Minor - Computer Science, 2018 – 2022

    Tbilisi, Georgia

    • Graduated with Honors

Certifications

  • Hackathon, GITA: 1st place, August 2021. Awarded for the concept behind AdaptedMap.
  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning, MaxinAI: July 2020
  • International Students Olympiad MathOpen Belarus 2020: Participant, Feb. 2020
  • Machine Learning, International Black Sea University: Oct. 2019
  • iOS App Development, GITA: July 2017
  • Python Programming, GITA: Jan. 2017

Technical Skills

  • Languages: Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript
  • Backend: Django, Django REST Framework, Node.js, Express.js, Celery, Selenium, MinIO
  • DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Heroku, GitHub Actions
  • Cloud: AWS, OVH, Hetzner, DigitalOcean
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ
  • Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Kibana, Metabase