Rostislav Dugin
Golang Developer
Co-founder & CTO at TgTaps
About Me
Experienced developer specializing in Golang, currently working as CTO & Co-founder at TgTaps. I have extensive experience in building scalable tech teams and development processes from hiring and onboarding to CI/CD, monitoring, and scaling.
Main contributor to postgresus.com - an open-source PostgreSQL backup and monitoring tool.
I'm passionate about taking responsibility for solving real-world problems with technology and sharing my experience through articles and posts.
Fun fact: When I was 13 years old, I installed Debian on my Android phone and started coding in Java
Top Skills
Professional Experience
of professional development experience
Co-founder & CTO | Golang Developer
TgTaps
📍 Zurich, Switzerland
TgTaps is a no-code builder for Telegram mini-apps and marketing funnels.
Key Achievements:
- Invented a no-code builder to automate custom development of Telegram Mini Apps
- Took the project from idea to stable product with ~125,000 MAU and ~$30,000 MRR
- Assembled a development team of 7 people (backend, frontend, QA)
- Helped accelerate sales scaling through automated affiliate program
Responsibilities:
- Establishment of development process, including CI/CD and testing
- Definition of product requirements and prioritizing development
- Hiring, onboarding and motivating the technical team
- Development of project functionality (Go + React)
- Designing project architecture with consideration for load and business requirements (DDD, Event Storming)
- Scaling the project for load requirements without extra spending
- Keeping monitoring of infrastructure and app (metrics, logs, bug tracking)
Technologies:
DataOx
📍 Delaware, United States • Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Outsourcing studio specialized in custom development. Worked on multiple projects from e-commerce platforms to analytical crypto platforms (SaaS services).
Team Lead Full-Stack (Go / React)
Developed an analytical crypto platform (SaaS service). The project collected data on Ethereum and Solana transactions, analyzed them, and notified clients about predictions.
Key Achievements:
- Created a team of 5 permanent employees (4 developers, 1 QA)
- Took the product from idea to ~500 paying users with high revenue
- Established workflow process including continuous deployment and testing
Responsibilities:
- Architecture creation (DDD, Event Storming)
- Management of a team of 5 people (hiring, building onboarding process)
- Organizing backend and frontend development, integration with ML service
- Development of backend (~80%) and frontend (~20%)
- Keeping monitoring of infrastructure and app
Technologies:
Senior Full-Stack Developer (Java / React)
Key Achievements:
- Developed and launched online booking system for US and Canadian markets (~100,000 MAU, ~500 bookings/day)
- Maintained main e-commerce platform (~1,000,000 MAU, ~5,000 orders/day)
- Migrated project to NextJS, achieving increased traffic through SEO
Responsibilities:
- Development of e-commerce platform and online booking system (fast food & retail)
- Testing both backend and frontend code
- Optimizing CI/CD for greater number of servers
- Interviewing and mentoring new developers
Technologies:
Middle Full-Stack Developer (Java / React)
Specialized in custom outsourced development. Team was hired to expand existing POS system to launch online during Covid.
Key Achievements:
- Developed and launched e-commerce platforms from scratch reaching ~500,000 MAU and ~2,500 orders/day
Responsibilities:
- Development of e-commerce platform for US and Canadian markets (fast food & retail)
- Development of control panel for end client companies using the platform
Technologies:
IntroLab Systems
📍 Tallinn, Estonia
Specialized in custom outsourced development. Worked on CRM systems for government projects including training management and document tracking.
Middle Full-Stack Developer (Java / React)
Responsibilities:
- Development of CRM system for government project (15 permanent users, 10,000+ users in database)
- Maintaining Linux server for the backend
- Interaction with end users to gather development requirements
- Onboarding and mentoring new developers
Technologies:
Junior Full-Stack Developer (Java / React)
Worked on CRM system for training management including candidate selection, document tracking, and preparation of documents for other departments.
Responsibilities:
- Development of CRM system for government project (10 permanent users, 2000+ users in database)
- Analyzing requirements and interaction with end users to gather development requirements
Technologies:
Junior Java Developer
LLC "Three Elephants"
📍 Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Company specialized in reselling wholesale hardware for the window market. Developed program that sped up order calculations, stored product catalog, and printed documents.
Key Achievements:
- Developed program to calculate cost of metal structures and print price lists (~3 office users)
Responsibilities:
- Development of program to calculate cost and markup for hardware sales
- Development of program to print price lists from product catalog