Oleg 👋
Being a passionate developer and entrepreneur, I've built several products, most notable of
which you will find below.
AmaFan
2020
co-founder
Anonymous question
A service that enables you to ask and answer anonymous questions from your friends.
Unique monetization strategy
Users are able to chat with those who wrote anonymous question. But this is a paid feature.
Over 5 million users
Amafan was originally introduced on the VK app platform under the name "Спроси" (which means "ask" in Russian) and quickly gained hype.It is now available on both iOS and Android platforms.
My role in the project
- co-founder
- Full backend development
- Partly product management.
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Capture
2018
CTO & co-founder
Chat platform for communities
Like slack but open to the world, discoverable and connected.
Raised 1.5M USD
From: General Catalyst, Floodgate, KPCB, Mail.Ru Group
My role in the project
- CTO and co-founder
- Full backend, including more than 200 api methods, scalable realtime event system and custom database implementation on top of FoundationDB.
- Tech team management.
- Partly product management.
Cross platform apps
Native iOS, Android and Web apps; Highload tested auto-scalable backend using FoundationDB.
Chat, channels, interview
Capture allows you to add different communication tools to your commmunity.
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FaceCat
2018
Founder
Indie messenger!
Where you can chat with friends without knowing who is who. Identities are hidden, and data is encrypted. Check out my Medium post.
Rich chat interface
Cool and fresh chat interface with stickers generated specially for you.
Be anonymous, be a Cat!
Second level of anonymity, you can post as a Cat.
Discover
What people secretly discuss around you geographically and among your friends and mutual friends.
Start new talks instantly
Want to discuss something? Just write it down and you are good to go!
My role in the project
- Founder
- Team management
- Backend and infrastucture.
- PR
- Investment (I invested my personal savings to pay for iOS development)
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StickerFace
2017
Founder
Take a selfie
Just look at the camera! Stickerface will recognize your face and take a photo automatically
Adjust the result
Cool editor allow you to change your appearance. Its also available in SDK.
My role in the project
- AI model training
- Backend and infrastucture
- Managing artwork
- Team management
- Investment (invested my personal savings into graphics)
Get your personal stickers!
Stickerface uses AI to generate stickers based on your appearance.
Share result
Stickers can be exported to messengers. Telegram bot also available.
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Vinci
2016
Product Owner (developed inside VK)
Turn any photo into Artwork
Using the most advanced neural networks (for 2016) - Vinci turns any photo into art.
From start to launch in 1 month
We launched just one month later than Prisma app, the app was made less than in a month.
2M Downloads
3 million photos were processed every day on the first month after launch.
My role in the project
- Backend.
- Partly AI development and training.
- Tech team management.
Became independent
I took this project with me after resigning from VK. Optimised backend 6x and hosted it on my personal server.Get it now!
Snapster
2014
Product Owner (developed inside VK)
Better alternative to instagram
Snapster was faster, smoother, less buggy and had more features then instagram (at the moment of launch).
Photo sharing app with advanced photo editor
Many features we introduced came to instagram only after several years
Two versions
Product had two iterations:1) fully functional instagram clone with shareable filters and expirable messages (instagram had no messages back then)
2) Tool to exchange photos with people who are important to you.
We got the attention
- 200k DAU at the peak
- Mentioned on a state TV
My role in the project
- Founded project
- Team hiring
- Project management
- Backend development
- Managed launch and PR activities
VK.COM
2010-2018
Product Manager / Senior Fullstack Developer
What is VK?
VK is the largest Russian social network with more than 90 million monthly active users.Masks for stories
As a Product Manager launched masks in VK's stories before same feature was introduced in Instagram and Facebook.
API
Developed significant part of VK's API.For 3 years I was the only developer responsible for API.
I was also responsible to most technical integrations and relevant communications with partners.
Commitment
At the moment when I've switched to management (year 2015):50% of all git commits at VK backend codebase were made by me.
Video service
Held responsibility over VK video service for 2 years.Developed VK documents service.
A file sharing tool, that allows users to upload any files and send them via messages or publish to feed and groups.Widgets for external websites
Developed most of VK widgets for external websites.
