About

My name is Alex (Oleksandr Shmatko). I’m originally from Ukraine and currently live and work in the Netherlands. I have been working as a Software Engineer since 2012 in 3 different countries (Ukraine, Poland, Netherlands). I was employed by leading companies (for example, eBay and ING), was a team leader as well as a mentor for interns. Some of my working directions include financial systems, high-frequency trading, data warehouses, HA/HL (high availability / high load) applications, communication channels, and cloud solutions serving hundreds of millions of people around the world.

My major is backend development using Java and Kotlin, apart from that I’m usually involved in the design and development of applications written in Python, Go, or JavaScript. I also fancy Nim programming language which is great, although it didn’t get a huge outreach so far. In my free time, I write and support this blog as well as play with new technologies (lately my attention caught Google Flutter for native mobile apps development and Godot for game development).

Since I learn a lot and work hard, I might be able to help you with your project or business. On IT Services page you can find a list of services I provide as a freelancer. Even if you can’t find a service/technology on the list I still might know a person or company who can help you. If you want to get in touch, don’t hesitate to use the contact form.