Head of development · Bitrix24 & digital
Architecture you can rely on.
I lead a web development team and design enterprise systems. I build and grow digital teams, set up how the work gets done together with them — and take on the hard part myself when the project needs it.
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Leadership
The team is part of the architecture too
A system is reliable when people understand it and can develop it — not just one person. That is my job.
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Hire
I take part in hiring and technical interviews and assign areas of ownership so that every part of the system has an owner.
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Grow
Onboarding, mentoring, one-to-ones and development plans. A colleague moved from technical support to Middle developer and now owns infrastructure.
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Organise
Weekly sprints and retrospectives, guidelines and a release process. The team moved the corporate portals to PHP 8.5 following one shared plan.
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Hand over
I set up CI myself and handed it over to a DevOps engineer. After the rebuild, the B2B platform is maintained by one senior developer.
Path
From my own shop to leading a team
I came to development from retail and my own business. That is why I look at a task as a business owner, not only as a contractor.
until 2007
Retail and my own business
I worked in retail, registered as a sole trader and opened my own shop. This is where my understanding of e-commerce and small business from the owner's side comes from.
2007 — 2014
My own online store and PrestaClub
My move into development started with my own PrestaShop store. Entrepreneurs I knew began asking for help with their stores — I brought them and fellow developers together in the PrestaClub community.
2012 — 2015
Studios and agencies
WebChR · Keyword · Uplab
I learned 1C-Bitrix and Bitrix24. My 1C-Bitrix certificates helped the studio gain Gold Partner status.
2015 — 2022
Independent practice
Projects for small and medium businesses, working directly with clients: requirements, estimates, architecture, maintenance. I organised the work of distributed teams of contractors.
2022 — 2024
Senior full-stack developer (Technical Lead)
SINTEC Group
Enterprise systems and integrations with 1C and ELMA. Shared development rules and a common way of working with external contractors.
2024 — now
Head of web development team (Team Lead / Tech Lead)
CSoft Development
A team of developers and a designer: sprints, code review, hiring and mentoring. Together with the team, moved the corporate portals to PHP 8.5 under a shared procedure.
Articles
Latest articles
- Web interfaces and code qualityCurrent software versions: servers and workstationsSupported versions of operating systems, web servers, languages, databases, development tools and workstation software as of 31 October 2026, with notes on reading version numbers and checking for updates.
- Architecture and integrationsBitrix24 integrations: queues, retries and duplicate preventionWhat to consider when an external request times out, its response is lost or the same event arrives more than once.
- Bitrix24 and Site ManagementAssessing self-hosted Bitrix24 before developmentWhat to establish about versions, permissions, integrations and releases before estimating changes to an existing portal.
- Development leadershipCode review and releases in a Bitrix development teamA minimum process from a clear task to a verified release: context, review, acceptance, rollback and handover.