Engineer · Director · Speaker
ALEXANDER
POLOMODOV
Technical Director at a large fintech. Building scalable systems and growing engineering teams.
ABOUT ME
Engineer by calling,
leader by profession
Technical Director at a large fintech. Responsible for engineering practices, systems architecture, and growing technical teams.
I run a Telegram channel "Book Cube" where I share insights from books on technology, management, and personal growth.
Creator of «System Design Space». Host of podcasts «Code of Leadership» and «Research Insights Made Simple».
FOCUS
Architecture / Platform
DDD, RFC/ADR, internal platforms, release loop
AI4SDLC operating model
Agents, evals, guardrails, metrics and economics
DataOps / MLOps / LLMOps
Production AI as a managed loop, not a demo
Engineering productivity
DORA, SPACE, DevEx, unit economics and flow
20+
YEARS IN IT
100+
TALKS
FEATURED TALKS
Highlights from conferences
AI in SDLC: from assistants to agents
Copilots, MCP/A2A, AlphaEvolve, SE 3.0 and large fintech cases (Spirit, T-Cover Agent)
Architecture in a Large Fintech: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Evolution from COTS to in-house dev, Spirit and AI-native architecture
How and Why to Measure Engineering Productivity
DORA, SPACE, DevEx, QUANTS and a large fintech experience with T-Meter
The Evolution of the Technical Leader
From teamlead (~10) to Engineering Manager (~50) to CTO (~150+): how focus and skills shift
WORK FORMATS
Where I can help
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW
For CTOs / Heads of Engineering: review domain boundaries, platform backlog, reliability risks and release loop. Output: risk map and next actions.
AI4SDLC OPERATING MODEL
For CTO / Platform / DevEx teams: workshop on agents, evals, guardrails and metrics. Output: operating model and roadmap.
DATAOPS / MLOPS / LLMOPS
For CDO / ML / platform leads: production AI readiness review, RAG, observability and economics. Output: risk map and launch scenarios.
ENGINEERING PRODUCTIVITY
For CTO / EM / DevEx teams: DORA / SPACE / DevEx, flow, CFR and unit economics diagnostics. Output: dashboard and bottleneck list.
CONTACT
Let's
collaborate
Reach out for a conference talk, podcast recording, executive workshop, or a focused review of architecture, AI4SDLC, DataOps / MLOps / AIOps / LLMOps and engineering metrics.
TELEGRAM
@apolomodovLINKS
Fastest format: briefly describe the context, audience, desired outcome and timing. I reply in Telegram direct messages.
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TECHNICAL LEADER · SPEAKER · AUTHOR